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I've notice a few people creating the number 42 using their researcher numbers and i have an idea.
I propose that everyone tries to do it and we'll see from there. and if you're wondering about U1 then if you use the 2 two's from the h2g2 you can get 21 (2 and 1 put together) then mutiplied by the other 2 gives 42!
Snowman .

I think the idea is to use only the numbers in your U#, all of them, and in that order. For example, U37132 (Zoeeeeeeeeeee!!!) = (37*1)+3+2=42.

Stayed up til 3am last night trying to do mine and never got it.

Using a 2 from h2g2..

2(((5!*07)/5)/8)=42

Mine is 161037.

6*3!+7-1+(0*1) = 42

or 6*7*1^1^0^3

mine was pretty easy.

Mine is easy to. Add all the numbers together and times by 2 and hay presto 42.( 1+7+1+7+5+0=21*2=42.)

I would have like a challenge though. Still the "What God would you be?" Can keep me awake for the next few weeks until i find something else to worry about.

Well mines 26426 so its 2^6=64, 64/4=16, 16+26=42!
Snowman .

For those who just need extra items to keep them awake at night thinking - supposedly you can make ANY number using 4 4's. I. E., 44-44=0, 44/44=1, 4x4/4+4=2etc. etc. We had it worked out to almost 50, with one exception, but lost the list. If anyone wants to try ...

Ok, here it is.
Researcher # 171561 (1+7)(1+5) - 6 * 1 = 42

having a little dificulty with mine #48485 i've got 40 but thats the closest so far.
Lord Preston

First: there's a page about it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A530560

Second: you HAVE to use ONLY the numbers in your user number, in the same order.

U161037: 1*6-1+0+37

Can't figure the others out ATM, but I'll try again later.

38-J

JOTD: Remember the...the...uhh.....

Lord Preston,

#48485

Your's is hard because of all the powers of two. You can get 43 and 41.

Using floor and ceiling functions, I can do them.

U50758: 50 - floor(7/5) * 8 = 42

U48485: 48 - ceil(4/8) -5 = 42

38-J

JOTD: OPERATOR! Trace this call and tell me where I am.

-5+0+7+(5*8) = 42

4-(8/4)+(8*5) = 42

Hmmmm....OK - mine's 173530.

(7*3*(5-3))*1 + 0 = 42.

That was an easy one. Maybe I should watch less Countdown and more revision...

Oooops - I missed the part that said 'do it in order'.

Fortunately, that's easily fixed:
1*(7*3*(5-3)) + 0 = 42

Taadaaaaa

This is great! I was wondering what the deal was with all the math going on in people's names...

Here's mine...

((9x5)x1)+9-2

My eighth grade math teacher had a game similar to this, except she would draw five cards from a poker deck and we had to manipulate them to get 21. I never won.

Wahey! it's 42

176380 = 17*6/3+8+0

How about a "Suffusion of Yellow" award? For the person who,in the process of calculating their number, manages to get as far away from 42 as possible.

Back to trying to get 42: I'm terrible at maths, but I think I got it right:

1+7-2*(2+0-9)= -42

(except that the answer is negative)

You mean:

(1 + 7 - 2) * (2 + 0 - 9) = -42
(the brackets are important, else it looks like: 1 + 7 - (2 * (2 + 0 - 9)) = 8 - (2 * (-7)) = 8 +14 = 22.)

You can fix the minus sign by writing it as:

(1 + 7 - 2) * (-2 + 0 + 9) = 42

God you're right! Whoops, I sayd I was terrible at maths...

Thank you