hi CoolStuff,
It is not really a matter of making more sense, I am not saying my answer is smallest possible but
I think my answer is correct, in that if all these pronumerals have to be integers, and not necessarily positive integers then
-2 is a solution to that expession. Obviously -2 is smaller than 16.
Are you sure you have copied the question exactly?
Have you checked for yourself that my answer works?
Maybe it doesn't, you should check that it meets all the criterion, I could have made an error.
Did they provide any working for their answer of 16?