UPSC Prelims 2024 · CSAT (Paper 2) · Q6

Basic Numeracy

Hard · Operator placement and order of operations

In the expression 6 * 5 * 4 * 3 * 2, each * is to be replaced by one of the signs +, - or x, where each of the three signs may be used at most two times. What is the smallest non-negative value the expression can take?