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Stumped by my 9 year old!!!

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Trojanfarce | 13:44 Mon 19th Feb 2007 | Riddles
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My 9 year old posed me this riddle, and I have to confess that I'm a bit stumped!! Anyone help?
TIA

Write down 100 using the same number 6 times.
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How about :-

(9*9)+9+9+(9/9)=100
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Thanks Dsg, I get the impression tho that the answer is something more obvious. Direct quote from my daughter - ''You'll kick yourself when you see the answer"
Please post the answer when you get it.

My only other thought was :-

(10X10X10)/10 =100

X being the Roman numeral
It couldn't be just

100
100
100
100
100
100

Could it ?

It would be a shame if my answer was correct given Dsg's two great answers !
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I'll get the answer and post it on here when i next speak to her!
How about 99 + 99/99.
And as another alternative :

55+55-(5+5)=100
My guess would be;
111 - 11
where one of the one's is on its side (ie the minus sign),
do I win a coconut?
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Well, I cracked and asked the answer. It would appear that Juliefer was pretty close as the answer is 99 and 99 99ths. Not sure I can write that down here, but I reckon you get the idea!!
Cheers all.

I'd say Juliefer wasn't just close -she was spot on !

But I would say there's nothing in the question to say that it 's a SUM - so eddiebun's answer seems equally as valid - and maybe even more appropriate for a nine year old's question.

My vote goes to Bobsta's answer - definitely "thinking outside the box" !!
Yeah - on reflection Bobsta gets the high five !

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