He was being cynical because he gave out the wrong information to me. One of the more notable erroronous information was that the number 25 is actually 0.25, and that you can use each mathematical sign more than once. So, here are the new rules:

- You can use brackets.
- You can only use the numbers 0.25, 6, 6, and 8 once.
- You can only use the signs +, -, *, and /, but you can use them more than once.