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Puzzle: Four Fours: $1$

Using exactly $4$ instances of the number $4$, the task is to write an expression for $1$, using whatever arithmetical operations you consider necessary.

Solution

$1 = \dfrac {4 \times 4} {4 \times 4}$

Sources

• 1980: Angela Dunn: Mathematical Bafflers (revised ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $1$. Say it with Letters: Algebraic Amusements: Four Fours