Last night an anon posted this. Did anyone get the correct answer? Did OP confirm? Got 404'd before I woke up.
8118
51181
666
>>738742574
EZ PZ. 5031. Fite me bitches.
>>738742660
Thats what I thought it would be but anon said differently. Looking up the problem says the same thing though. Hopefully anon was not a troll.
>>738742574
51181
>>738742574
986
>>738742790
5103 fuck you
>>738742929
51181 fuck u
999 bitches
>>738742947
001110001101011001010101010111110000101010101
FUCK YOU
Best ansers we got were 5118^11 (11 in superscript) and 5^118 which would both make sense. My answer was =50n where m equals an absurdly large number.
>>738742999
And my trips confirm it
>>738742898
985*
>>738742574
91181
You bunch of dicks
>>738742574
1111111111
57811
>>738742999
checked, but 1503 is bigger than 999
>>738742574
999
>>738743135
Subscript does not count, (probably) got to use 2 match tall numbers.
>>738743034
00111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010100111000110101100101010101011111000010101010 FUCK YOU
>>738742574
Infinity since I can break the matches in half to have more
Only brainlets need confirmation
>>738743146
Assuming you can make a new digit
>>738742999
>>738742630
>>738742756
>>738742790
>>738742898
>>738742929
>>738743274
but if u break matches it will get to the point where u can't break them anymore like on atom level shit so not infinite
>>738743274
But you can only move two meaning if you break one you used up both of you moves since it becomes two
>>738743391
no rules said you can move 2 but breaking them does not mean breaking the rule
>>738742574
999
how bored am i ...jezzz i should go find somewhere to fap not play with tards such as this , whats wrong with my fuckin life
With those digits, a "1" only requires two matches, so you dumb 999 fucks just have to make the 8 a 3 to puta new 1 at the end and you will have 5031 as biggest number
Since there is only 3 spaces for numbers the highest number will be 999
>>738743477
No one said there are only three spaces,the only conditions is that you may only move 2 matches
>>738743146
Get fucked faggot, 51181
id go for 50311
>>738742574
5118 raised to 11th power
>>738743144
1s have to be 2 matches high you faggot
>>738743675
No. That would violate the spaces of the new digits.
You would have to move the remnants of your zero to make them count as two new numbers, and in order to do that, move every number around them two.
We had this thread today already, and if you reach the same conclusion as that thread you're far away from the highest numbers.
>>738742574
98111
>>738742574
6.311071451*10^40
Reading the question more carefully, I realized something. It says "whats the biggest possible number" not "whats the biggest possible number you can make with the matches" or some shit like that. Maybe the real answer is infinity. (though infinity is not a number so if a number nerd could tell us the largest number, that would be great)
>>738742808
There's other much higher solutions, most of which require certain tweaking and bending of mathematical conventions.
111111111 ?
>>738743989
Lel nvm
>>738743936
Shit im really sorry guys I accidentally moved 3
>>738743981
Maybe 9e8?
5 ^ 118
>>738742660
I didn't know we were allowed to make extra space
>>738742574
999 if you cannot make new rows, otherwise, 51181
>>738742574
000
>>738743981
5118i? Thats a shit answer though, it doesn't even exist.
>>738743989
2 matches ma nigga, the fuck are you on ?
>>738743355
Just send then to the scientists at the LHC so they can smash them into smaller particles. Duh
>>738743466
>thinks he's smart
>>738742574
51181
>>738744096
Nice
>>738742574
>>738742574
43046721 (9E8)
>>738742574
90/0
all of the matches implode and these threads stop existing
Checkmate
>>738744607
i like this idea
>>738744507
Higher number if you put the created 1 behind the 8
>>738744096
=300926550000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Winrar
>>738742574
5118 elevated to 11
>>738743596
But there are only 3 spaces, it goes without saynig.
>>738742574
>>738743980
Oh the largest actually useful number is grahams number.
3↑↑2=3^3=27
3↑↑3=3^3^3=3^27=7.6billion and some more
Now if you'd say 3↑↑(7.6 billion and some more) 3's you could simplify as 3↑↑↑3.
Going further Graham used 3↑↑↑↑3.
continuing with 3↑↑↑↑3 = extremely large number called G1.
Now we continue to wreck even more havoc:
3[number of power arrows = G1]3=G2
and further
3[number of power arrows = G2]3=G3
and so on...
Finally grahams number is G64, a number larger than every atom that has ever existed in the entire observable universe.
The intresting about this number is that it's the largest useful number that has ever been used in math. You could say Grahams number +1, or Grahams number x2 or Grahams number↑↑↑Grahams number, but currently there's no use for that.
>>738742999
Fukin impressive M80>>738742947
>>738744079
nope
>>738744207
>implying we can't assume the magnitude
>>738742947
Isnt it 5105?
>>738742574
I see 999
>>738744692
But then you'd have to move the 8
>>738744964
Im dumb nwm
>>738745012
Are you stupid?
>>738744563
not bad, but you can do better
998
>>738745048
You can't add the digit because you'd need extra space.
>>738745147
I do?
>>738745061
yes i saw
>>738744901
gotta love how well this is done and how wrong it is at the same time
it's like those "charge your iphone in your microwave"-infographs
508 upside down is 805. Remove top and bottom matches from "0" and add a 1 to the end, you get 81151.
If you want to get cheeky you can also make 8E9 which makes 8,000,000,000.
81188118, nothing agaist using a mirror. Or even more if you use a mirror either side of the matches
999
>>738742999
>>738742574
999 if it has to stay 3 digits. 51181 if we can expand.
>>738745296
What would you say if there's an even more cheeky method for it?
>>738745413
>What would you say if there's an even more cheeky method for it?
I would say I'm interested because I don't know how you're going to get more than 8 billions with just two matches moved.
>>738744904
not true. there was a bigger number than graham's number used in a proof. faggot.
>>738744904
I bet you're fun at parties
mathematical operators and notations are a step in the right direction
5118^11
>>738745527
>>738745733
forgot to reply
>>738743248
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 Fuck You
>>738745775
getting closer, but not close to done here
feel free to calculate your results here once your home calc dies.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
>>738745733
>>738745793
I don't know a lot of math. The "E" for scientific notation shorthand was already pushing my knowledge. I've never went beyond algebra.
you can make 81151 if you look at it upside down
i think 996
>>738746836
sorry it is 999
How about 48828125C8 using nCr?
It gives you about 801 septendecillion. (51 digits) Which is the largest I seen so far.
>>738746994
Shit my bad I meant 5^11C8
>>738746583
Hm it seems this thread is pretty much dead anyways, so i might just give you the best answers:
>>738745775 = 6,3*10^40
Now if you on the other hand use this 11 as the base: 11^5118 = 7*10^5329. That's a number with 5329 zeros.
going further to >>738744904 notation you can change the middle zero to two arrows up. (Some argued that didn't count because the arrows don't have two pointy sides.) leads to: 5↑↑8 which is equal to 5^5^5^5^5^5^5^5 which is sadly too large for wolfram alha to fully calculate. (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=5%5E5%5E5%5E5%5E5%5E5%5E5%5E5)
Now for the finish: The period notation: a little dash over a number (usually after the comma) tells the reader this will repeat forever. This isn't done before the comma because that'd just be infinity and therefore stupid, BUT mathematically speaking it's not wrong.
5^118
>>738747141
The first point was argued about because exponents are only written in superscript or the same height as the rest (5^5) so they found it to be incorrect. With the arrow thing, you can only make one arrow with what you have. The last one just seems stupid but I guess it might work.
>>738747567
i've seen professors using pic related as a short form for arrows though
>>738742574
shit
>>738742574
what's with dumb fucks inventing and being able to use the " ^ " symbol
that's not how the brain teaser works you autists
>>738742574
On the 8, move the 2 vertical sticks on the left to next to the 5. Makes it 5108.
>>738747863
5103 sorry
>>738747650
No shut up thats an autistic 1
>>738742574
38A