Just for fun: Countdown numbers game solver

[Arnaud Delobelle]

On Jan 21, 1:07 am, Arnaud Delobelle <arno... at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 20, 5:41 pm, dg.google.gro... at thesamovar.net wrote:
>
> > Ever since I learnt to program I've always loved writing solvers for
> > the Countdown numbers game problem in different languages
>
> Ok so here's a challenge I just thought of:
>
> What is (or are) the set of 6 starting numbers which are such that the
> smallest target they can't reach is maximal?

Update: 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 25 can reach any target between 100 and 999.

The question remains if we lift the upper limit of 999...

Time to really go to bed :)

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Arnaud