Six Keys

The challenge is to make 20 on your calculator using only six keys.

4 7 - 2 7 = 20
5 + 7 + 8 = 20
1 2 0 รท 6 = 20
            20

How many different ways can you do this? You could try making a different total. Is there a limit to the possible totals? What if you could use seven keys or five keys?


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Answers

30 − 10 = 20
31 − 11 = 20
32 − 12 = 20
33 − 13 = 20
34 − 14 = 20
35 − 15 = 20
36 − 16 = 20
37 − 17 = 20
38 − 18 = 20
39 − 19 = 20
40 − 20 = 20
41 − 21 = 20
42 − 22 = 20
43 − 23 = 20
44 − 24 = 20
45 − 25 = 20
46 − 26 = 20
47 − 27 = 20
48 − 28 = 20
49 − 29 = 20
50 − 30 = 20
51 − 31 = 20
52 − 32 = 20
53 − 33 = 20
54 − 34 = 20
55 − 35 = 20
56 − 36 = 20
57 − 37 = 20
58 − 38 = 20
59 − 39 = 20
60 − 40 = 20
61 − 41 = 20
62 − 42 = 20
63 − 43 = 20
64 − 44 = 20
65 − 45 = 20
66 − 46 = 20
67 − 47 = 20
68 − 48 = 20
69 − 49 = 20
70 − 50 = 20
71 − 51 = 20
72 − 52 = 20
73 − 53 = 20
74 − 54 = 20
75 − 55 = 20
76 − 56 = 20
77 − 57 = 20
78 − 58 = 20
79 − 59 = 20
80 − 60 = 20
81 − 61 = 20
82 − 62 = 20
83 − 63 = 20
84 − 64 = 20
85 − 65 = 20
86 − 66 = 20
87 − 67 = 20
88 − 68 = 20
89 − 69 = 20
90 − 70 = 20
91 − 71 = 20
92 − 72 = 20
93 − 73 = 20
94 − 74 = 20
95 − 75 = 20
96 − 76 = 20
97 − 77 = 20
98 − 78 = 20
99 − 79 = 20

10 + 10 = 20
100 ÷ 5 = 20
120 ÷ 6 = 20
140 ÷ 7 = 20
160 ÷ 8 = 20
180 ÷ 9 = 20
1 × 4 × 5 = 20
1 × 5 × 4 = 20
4 × 1 × 5 = 20
4 × 5 × 1 = 20
5 × 1 × 4 = 20
5 × 4 × 1 = 20
2 × 2 × 5 = 20
2 × 5 × 2 = 20
5 × 2 × 2 = 20
8 × 5 ÷ 2 = 20
5 ÷ 2 × 8 = 20
3 × 4 + 8 = 20
2 × 6 + 8 = 20
2 × 7 + 6 = 20
3 × 5 + 5 = 20
2 × 8 + 4 = 20
4 × 4 + 4 = 20
2 × 9 + 2 = 20
3 × 6 + 2 = 20
4 × 5 + 0 = 20
4 × 3 + 8 = 20
6 × 2 + 8 = 20
7 × 2 + 6 = 20
5 × 3 + 5 = 20
8 × 2 + 4 = 20
9 × 2 + 2 = 20
6 × 3 + 2 = 20
5 × 4 + 0 = 20
8 + 3 × 4 = 20
8 + 2 × 6 = 20
6 + 2 × 7 = 20
5 + 3 × 5 = 20
4 + 2 × 8 = 20
4 + 4 × 4 = 20
2 + 2 × 9 = 20
2 + 3 × 6 = 20
0 + 4 × 5 = 20
8 + 4 × 3 = 20
8 + 6 × 2 = 20
6 + 7 × 2 = 20
5 + 5 × 3 = 20
4 + 8 × 2 = 20
2 + 9 × 2 = 20
2 + 6 × 3 = 20
0 + 5 × 4 = 20
4 × 5 − 0 = 20
7 × 3 − 1 = 20
6 × 4 − 4 = 20
5 × 5 − 5 = 20
3 × 9 − 7 = 20
4 × 7 − 8 = 20
5 × 4 − 0 = 20
3 × 7 − 1 = 20
4 × 6 − 4 = 20
9 × 3 − 7 = 20
7 × 4 − 8 = 20



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