# Creating a random equation

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-random-equation/295389>\
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**Created:** [August 29, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-random-equation/295389 "2009-08-29T01:41:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@Arelle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Arelle)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-random-equation/295389/1 "2009-08-29T01:41:51Z")

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im having a bit of difficulty on this one…

how would you go about creating a random equation? i would like to randomly generate two individual numbers, a random operator (out of +, -, \*, /) between these numbers and then the user would input a number to answer the equation… any thoughts on this?