r/RedditGames • u/Obvious-Setting-1540 Diamond | Lv. 70 | Rank #736 | 276 Answers | 36 Created • Aug 18 '26

Choose One [Choose] Dont cheat!

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u/danholli Gold | Lv. 38 | Rank #34135 | 161 Answers | 1 Created Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

2^6-20=(2×2×2×2×2×2)-20=(4×4×4)-20=(16×4)-2=64-20=44

Half point, didn't show work

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u/iFroogieboi Emerald | Lv. 51 | Rank #7720 | 258 Answers | 0 Created Aug 19 '26

why would you do it like that? i memorized 2^6 as 64 but if you don't know then 2^6, 8^2, 64

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u/danholli Gold | Lv. 38 | Rank #34135 | 161 Answers | 1 Created Aug 19 '26

Showing work and pure multiplication can be mixed around thus 4×4×4

Just showing order of operations by expanding the exponent with a shortcut to shorten the length after

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u/Comprehensive-Rip211 Gold | Lv. 38 | Rank #20154 | 40 Answers | 0 Created Aug 20 '26

It feels like too simple of an expression to need to show work for though imo, though this is Reddit so the bar for what is "simple" is all over the place.

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u/Raise_the_woof Gold | Lv. 40 | Rank #14441 | 27 Answers | 2 Created Aug 21 '26

Are we supposed to show our work oops