Using only addition and no other operations, how can you add eight 8s together so that the sum equals 1,000?
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8
Combining the digits into five distinct numbers—888, 88, 8, 8, and 8—uses eight 8s in total: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000.
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