Greetings, fellow math enthusiasts!
The weekend is near, and it's time to assign some math work!

11681 x 119869 - 60422 - 17860 - 35433 - 94116 x 4993 x 595073 = ?

Lv2, Ends June 17


Hints will be here, if necessary.

  1. The answer is not small, and definitely not negative!
  2. The answer is way longer than you think. In fact, it's exactly 3436 characters long!
  3. There are two steps you need to do, but only one kind of operator is used. (x or -)
  4. 10 - > 16

The most important part in this puzzle is realize that the answer you're looking for is sgtools code.
Instead of subtraction, we treat the symbol '-' as a hyphen, which is part of the code.

So the two step you need. First, do the multiplication, leave you 5 numbers separate by symbol '-'.
Next, convert these numbers to hexadecimal, then you have the answer.

Most people probably didn't realize this is sgtools format or it consists of hexadecimal numbers.
It's indeed rare to see people manipulate the sgtools code.
But I can't help thinking about the hyphen symbol in the math puzzle, it's a perfect fit!

Speak of the math. the second part of the puzzle is an actual math question, generated by this site.
It should be easy if you're familiar with these math equations, if not, there are plenty of online tools you can use(mathgpt, wolfram, etc..).

That's all! Hope you enjoy the puzzle, I'll probably go back to 5-character code next time.

edit.
As someone point out I made a mistake in hint2, it should be 36 not 34!

6 months ago*

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Saw the solution. It's both brilliant and evil.
Thanks!

6 months ago
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I can't imagine very many people solved this as that requires quite a bit of understanding. I suppose the clues helped if you knew that you were looking for a sgtools link. Interesting puzzle though now that I understand it.

6 months ago
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Didn't have the chance to solve this, good puzzle

6 months ago
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Closed 6 months ago by twchiu.