Given two 2s, 'plus' can be changed to 'times' without changing the results: 2 + 2= 2 x 2.The solution with three numbers is easy too: 1 + 2 + 3= 1 x 2 x 3.Now find the answer for 4 numbers and for 5 numbers. -Riddles

Given two 2s, 'plus' can be changed to 'times' without changing the results: 2 + 2= 2 x 2.The solution with three numbers is easy too: 1 + 2 + 3= 1 x 2 x 3.Now find the answer for 4 numbers and for 5 numbers. -Riddles
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Solution for 4 numbers: 1 + 1 + 2 + 4= 1 x 1 x 2 x 4. Solution for 5 numbers: 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 5= 1 x 1 x 1 x 2 x 4  1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 3= 1 x 1 x 1 x 2 x 4 1 + 1 +2 + 2 + 2= 1 x 1 x 2 x 2 x 2
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