1. a) 5 8 7 * * = 280
   b) 6 1 + 6 * 1 + 6 * = 258
   c) 26 2 ^ 36 4 ^ * = 1 135 420 416
   d) 17 3 P = 4080
   e) 26 2 P 34 4 P * = 723 465 600
   f) 8 5 C 11 7 C * = 18 480

2. a) 8 2 C 5 2 C 3 2 C * * = 840
   b) 8 2 C 14 4 C * = 28 028

3. a) (sides + 1), or 7 for the likely indented d6
   b) (sides_1 + sides_2), or 1 for the likely intended d6
   c) 5

4. (Assuming the unaccented latin alphabet only)
   26 3 ^ = 17 576

5. 26 2 ^ 10 4 ^ 10 2 ^ + 26 4 ^ * * = 3 120 049 337 600

6. 99 50 * 1 + = 4 951

7. a) 10 4 C = 210
   b) 10 4 C 10 3 C 10 2 C 10 1 C + + + = 385
   c) 10 4 C 10 5 C 10 6 C 10 7 C 10 8 C 10 9 C 1 + + + + + + = 848

8. a) 100 4 P = 94 109 400
   b) 99 3 P = 941 094
   c) 99 4 P = 90 345 024
   d) 97 4 ! * = 2 328

9. a) 25 4 C = 12 650
   b) 25 4 P = 303 600

10. 3 5 ^ = 243

11. 5 3 ^ 3 ! / = 20