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Puzzle: Four Fours: $5$

Using exactly $4$ instances of the number $4$, the task is to write an expression for $5$, using whatever arithmetical operations you consider necessary.

Solution

$5 = \dfrac 4 4 + \sqrt 4 + \sqrt 4$

Sources

• 1964: L.H. Clarke: Fun with Figures ... (previous) ... (next): Solutions: $(46)$