Puzzle here, looking for some creative solutions from those better versed in bizarre notations perhaps

Puzzle here, looking for some creative solutions from those better versed in bizarre notations perhaps

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I feel like this might be cheating but here are some of my ideas:

Unacceptable cheat level:
- breaking the matchsticks

Questionably cheaty:
- Knuth's notation (pictured)
- Repeating Decimal notation (not sure if valid at all)

Sorta Cheaty:
- Flipping the image

990 you tard

graphic for Knuth's

999

Using your method, you could also get 998.

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you mong, why would I come here for an answer like that. At least take the top and bottom of the 0 and make 51181 or even better take two matches and stick them in your eyes

you can also do this right way up so the 11 becomes the right 'size' to be the exponent

if you're a pansy

Take two from the 8 to make it a 3 and put them on the right to make a 1. You get 5031.


You could also do the same but you take two from the bottom left of the 0 to leave a 7 if you're ok with writing 7s that way. This gives you 5781.