Let's use a different letter for all of them instead of the same letter x A - B/C + D = 50 Since the other 3 numbers are so much smaller than 50, either A = 50 and -B/C + D = 0 or D = 50 and A - B/C = 0 If A = 50, then we have to make 0 out of -B/C + D using 2, 5, and 10 we can have -10/2 + 5 = 0 or -10/5 + 2 = 0, so we have these two solutions: 50 - 10/2 + 5 = 50 50 - 10/5 + 2 = 50 Of course we can reverse the first and last terms: 5 - 10/2 + 50 = 50 2 - 10/5 + 50 = 50 So there are four solutions, or just two if you don't count swapping the first and last terms. Edwin