I thought I'd try you with a puzzle that our maths teacher Mr Garlick set us forty odd years ago, and see if it captures your interest or falls flat.
The idea is to write a formula for every integer between one and a hundred in terms of four fours. You can use as many mathematical symbols as you like, but the only numeral allowed is four, and you must use four of them, no more, no less. (As there's no correct character on the keyboard, use .4' for point four recurring.)
I'll start off with a few so you see the idea:
1= 44/44
2= 4/4+4/4
3= 4/4+4/sqrt(4)
4= 4/sqrt(4)+4/sqrt(4)
Let's do them in order, so that people don't cherry-pick all the easy ones first:
5= ???
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