How Many Eights in One Thousand

How can you add eight 8’s to get the number 1,000? (only use addition)

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September 15th, 2015 | Category: Mathematical |  Email This Riddle

7 guesses to How Many Eights in One Thousand

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• brent

  September 15, 2015 at 8:45 AM

  Is just adding 8 + 8 + 8 + … 8 + 8 = 1000 too obvious? (125 8’s in 1000, so add 8 to itself 125 times?)

• Dude

  September 15, 2015 at 8:57 AM

  Yes, but can you find 1000 with only eight eights?

• Matt

  September 15, 2015 at 9:06 AM

  888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000

• Dude

  September 17, 2015 at 7:39 AM

  Matt, you are today’s winner!
  The key to this math riddle is realizing that the one place must be zero. 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000

• Rachel

  November 19, 2015 at 7:35 PM

  I want to know

• George Gill

  November 6, 2018 at 3:39 PM

  888+88+8+8+8=1000

• Paula Louise koen

  July 29, 2021 at 6:11 PM

  888+88+8+8+8=1000