Program to find largest and smallest among 5 numbers without using array

Question

Yesterday I went for an interview where I have been asked to create a program to find largest and smallest among 5 numbers without using array.

I know how to create

Answer 1

int findMin(int t1, int t2, int t3, int t4, int t5)
{
    int min1, min2, min3;

    min1 = std::min(t1, t2);
    min2 = std::min(t3, t4);
    min3 = std::min(min1, min2);
    return std::min(min3, t5);
}

int findMax(int t1, int t2, int t3, int t4, int t5)
{
    int max1, max2, max3;

    max1 = std::max(t1, t2);
    max2 = std::max(t3, t4);
    max3 = std::max(max1, max2);
    return std::max(max3, t5);
}

These functions are very messy but easy to follow and thus easy to remember and it only uses the simple min and max methods which work best for 2 values.