5 = 5
= 4 + 1
= 3 + 2
= 3 + 1 + 1
= 2 + 2 + 1
= 2 + 1 + 1 + 1
= 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1

Riveting stuff

Probably how you wanted your comment to look.

Markdown doesn’t recognize a new line that isn’t either double (for a full paragraph break), or preceded by a double space or a \.
Markdown is a stupid design, in my opinion. Can’t even write \ without actually writing \\.