# Little Maths Puzzle **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [September 20, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/little-maths-puzzle/239330 "2007-09-20T16:14:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ben\_is\_sparky](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ben_is_sparky/32/664_2.png) [@ben\_is\_sparky](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ben_is_sparky)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/little-maths-puzzle/239330/1 "2007-09-20T16:14:04Z")
A friend shoed me this today and I though som of you might be interested. Start with 1,000,000 and (this was really to be done on a calculator) you can use the buttons +, -, \*, / and = as well as the digit 7 only. You have to try to get to 7 in the lest number of ‘steps.’ Apparently he can do it in 4, but I could only manage 7 or 8 I think (can’t remember exactly how I went) Something like: 1,000,000 - 777,777 = 222,223 222,223 - 77,777 = … (a few times) … … = 8 8 - 7 = 1 1 \* 7 = 7 (!) Anyone heard of this problem before or can see a neat solution?