Good afternoon.

Here's a nice, simple-looking number puzzle I came across recently.


Make 24 using the numbers 1, 4, 5 and 6.

Each number must be used exactly once.

The allowed operations are add, subtract, multiply and divide.

You cannot use powers.

You cannot concatenate numbers (i.e. you can't use 4 and 5 to make 45).

You can use brackets.


There are two solutions, but they are maddeningly difficult to find.

Good luck,

clop

If there is any kind of "spoiler" feature on this board, I can't find it - is there one?

OK, I posted the answer here, at another forum, because I know how to use the spoiler feature there. If there is one here, I don't know how to use it. . .

Wow wicked, did you work them both out yourself?

clop

Yes, although the approach was a lot closer to brute force than I would like to admit