Division by 0 is impossible.

You can not divide any number by zero, even zero itself.

The reason is that it would give impossible equalities, like this:

1×0=0

If we divide each term by zero: 1=0/0

Now take 2×0=0

Do the same: 2=0/0

So 1 seems to be equal to 2.

That's why we do NEVER divide ANYTHING by zero.

Thanks MrGenius for your answer; this is perfect.

20/20

for you, plus a brownie :

Just one more question : How could you read the post, since it had been flagged (I still wonder why it was, but I guess the moderators just didn't want the thread to go into a mess once again) ?

\((-8) \times (-8) \times (-8) \times(-8)=(-8)^4=4\;096\)

Wrong again.   

In your answer, the digit 1 appears 8 times, not 9+1=10 times.

Plus, you can only use digits (I recognize that I didn't say this in my post; I'm going to edit my post, sorry for this.)

HINT: You can be sure about that there is only one 0 in the sentence; so try beginning with the number of 0s, then find the number of 9s, the number of 8s... And progress step by step.

Wrong.  

The numbers you insert also have to be considered as being part of the sentence.

So your answer is not right... Sorry. It was worth a try though...

I checked the answer in my book, and you're right. You deserved 20/20 and a brownie :

Congratulations

Perfect Alan; your answers are totally exact; you deserved 20/20 and a brownie for your answer.

TitaniumRome, you answer is right.

You have 20/20, plus (additionally) a brownie.

Ah, and you're right : videogames are definitely NOT a waste of time (except, maybe for Majora's Mask...)

Anonymous (the first one), even though your first answer is wrong (the beginning was right, then it got kinda ugly), I think you deserve a brownie (Sorry, all my cookies are gone, but I think brownies taste good as well) for the two other ones, and around 13.5/20 (Sorry, I cannot put thirds of points but only halves, so I round the the next half point above).

As for you Cphill, the first answer is actually 288. So you also deserve a brownie for your answer (but no mark since you gave only one answer) :

MaiaMitchell and Anonymous (the second one), you were right when you told me that "Anonymous 1"'s 1st answer was right, anyway, you didn't gave me any answer. But that's OK, you might deserve each a sweet fot your remark.

Anonymous, (the third one), I am sure that it isn't 2 since I checked the answer with 3 calculators (including Google calculator):

They all answered 288, never 243, let alone 2. Check it if you have any doubts.

Well, infinity ∞ isn't a number; so an infinite numbers doesn't exist.

And there is no biggest finite number since there are infinitely many of them !