How many ways can you make 48?

Answer 1

An infinite number of ways.

In addition of two numbers: -10+58, -9+57, -8+56 etc.

Plus there are fractional numbers eg 0.1+47.9.

And that is just addition/subtraction.

You could multiply ... , 100*.48, 10*4.8, 1*48, .1*480, .01*4800, etc

and ... , 200*.24, 20*2.4, 2*24, etc.

And then there are divisions.

Plus, there are more possibilities when you consider combining three, four or more (upto an infinite number of) numbers!