100 ways to write a #

hitscan

100 ways to write the same number: 4, ill start

1. 4
2. four
3. 4.00
4. 100/25
5. |-4|
6. 4/1
7. -1/4
8. 0100

jedishrfu

why? there are as many ways as there are natural numbers and maybe if they cant be counted.

Mensanator

smallest positive integer (a) such that (g) is also an integer in

g = (8a - 5)/9

phinds

Is there a point to this or are you just curious if it can be done?

jedishrfu

there's a famous Chinese story called the Ten Stone Lions all written with different characters that are pronounced with the same sound "shur" but all with varying tones in Mandarin chinese.
- ten=shur
- stone=shur
- lion=shur.

Mute

Maybe that's how it would sound if it's someone from Beijing doing the talking. =P

As for the OP's topic, if 4.00 is a valid variation, then how about we just do

$$4.\underbrace{0\dots0}_{\mbox{n zeros}}$$
for n = 1 to 100 and call it a day? =P

Mark44

1. -1/4 isn't one of the ways to write 4.
   

   Quote by hitscan 0100

As for the last one on your list, it needs to be understood that you're writing it in base-2.

Anyway, what's the point of this?

micromass

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