Four Fours/72/Solutions

Puzzle: Four Fours: $72$

Using exactly $4$ instances of the number $4$, the task is to write an expression for $72$, using whatever arithmetical operations you consider necessary.

Solutions

Solution $1$

$72 = 4! \times \paren {4 - \dfrac 4 4}$

Solution $2$

$72 = \dfrac {4! + 4} {.4} + \sqrt 4$

Solution $3$

$72 = 44 + 4! + 4$