Use The Digits

A Maths Starter of The Day

Use the digits
9, 6, 9, 6 and 3
to make 6243

You have five minutes to get as close to 6243 as possible using any mathematical operations you know.

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Answer

One possible solution is 99 x 63 + 6 = 6243

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