Using only addition, how can you add eight 8s together to get a total of 1,000?
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8
If you arrange the numbers as 888 (three 8s) + 88 (two 8s) + 8 + 8 + 8 (three 8s), you use eight 8s in total and the sum equals 1000.
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