Question

Question 1
The decimal number system problem solving question
Statement: Several digits '8' are written and some '+" signs are interested
to get the sum 1000. Figure out how it is done.​

Answer 1

Answer:

888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000

Explanation:

Required

Add up to 1000 using only digit 8

There is no straight way to answer this question; so, we make use of trial by error method to arrive at our solution.

After several trials, I found out that:

888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000