Nobody, I too hate math- just thought I would try my hand at this one, since unlike traditional math problems, there seem to be multiple correct answers.
As for your riddle…is it a candle?
ICOT, it took me a while to come up with those three…let’s see what else I can think of. I’m certain I’m forgetting some math function or expression that would help (haven’t taken secular classes in nine months, so I guess I’m a little rusty.) Okay, I got one:
6=(2+0+0)Sq9 [How do you type a square root???]
So that still leaves 1,2,3,4, and 8, since you provided 5. I’ll keep thinking.