Countdown Game Show - Number Rounds (4 August 2022)
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2024
- Les Dennis (filling in for Colin Murray) and Rachel Riley host as contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers. Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner.
Background:
Countdown is Channel 4’s longest running show and the first show ever broadcast when it launched 40 years ago, in November 1982. The original version of Countdown is the French television programme « Des chiffres et des lettres » (literally "numbers and letters"), where the numbers round is referred to as « Le compte est bon » ("the total is right"). DCDL debuted in 1965 as « Le mot le plus long » ("the longest word") using letters only, and reached its present format in 1972. This year marks the shows 50th anniversary.
Spin-off:
"8 Out of 10 Cats does Countdown" is hosted by Jimmy Carr, with Rachel Riley and Susie Dent assuming their Countdown roles. The formation of the crossover with "8 Out if 10 Cats" began as a series of specials, the first of which was broadcast on 2 January 2012, when Channel 4 orchestrated a special "mash-up night", merging two shows to form a special edition of the pair, as part of its 30th-anniversary celebrations ten years ago.
For the last one, I wasn't within the 30 seconds, but I got (5*4*7+9+8)*6
I got
9*8=72
7+6=13
72×13=936
946-5=941
Ug. One away
@@sarahp.8420 I got this one - my son was saying get 157 then * by 6m but we couldn't get it that way. Trick was
9*8 = 72
4 * 5 = 20
20 - the 7 is 13
13 * 72 = 936
then add the 6
@@sarahp.8420 I got the 13 by doing (4x5-7). Then your method will work, keeping the 6 to add on at the end.
It’s nice to see they’ve got contestants who aren’t so socially awkward they look like they’re about to 💩 themselves whenever they’re spoken to.
And more importantly able to SMILE and enjoy themselves indeed able to laugh at their own mistakes. 😂
I quite like the 6 small rounds, not many people pick these! Admittedly they are the most difficult, and I often get nowhere near, but it's nice to see the rarer selections - other than 1 large (the most common) and 2 large (the easiest to hit the target directly).
2:34 he was so close.
Just minus the 2 and the 7 to get to 571...
571
9x6=54, +2=56, x10 =560, +7+4 =571
942:
5 * 4 = 20
20 * 7 = 140
140 + 9 + 8 = 157
157 * 6 = 942
5 * 4 = 20
20 - 7 = 13
13 * 9 = 117
117 * 8 = 936
936 + 6 = 942
Last numbers game (5 * 4 - 7) * 8 * 9 + 6 = 942
Myself, I started with digit sum 9+4+2=15 (divisible by 3) and even (divisible by 2), so divisible by 6 for 157*6=942. To get to 157 next, I took 4*5*7=140 and 140+8+9=157.
I like your approach, where you remove the 6 first to get to 936, which is divisible by 9 and then you just need to get to 104. Probably easier to work out afterwards, given the prime factors 13*2^3 when you got an 8 and just need to figure out the 13.
For me 157 was already prime, so it was a bit of trial and error with 157-7=150 and only then 157-17=140.
@@bjoern.gumboldt I did start by looking for 157 * 6, but didn’t see what you saw.
That’s a great method. I often see one method, then somebody else shows me a different method, and I prefer theirs to mine :)
@@andyrobertshaw9120 I think that's what Rachel did as well, because she said that she had "a million ways to one away" and the 7 you got available makes you jump to 157-7=150 very quickly. I got close a couple of times and only then spotted the 8+9=17 and already had 140 as an intermediate result from the trial and error with 150.
I didn't take my time in the beginning, breaking down the problem first, so I didn't see your minus 6 and divide by 9... would have much preferred those prime factors 😉
What I did was 6(5x4x7+8+9)=942. 5x4x7 gives you 140, then adding 8 and 9 to that gives you the 157 you were looking for, then you just multiply by 6.
I was searching high and low for that 157, and I didn't think it was there. Well done!
A rare episode when most of the selection comes from six small
(10-3)x7
49x(9+5)
=686
For the 2nd round so similar to the first round ([(9*x)+y]*10)+z:
9*6=54
54+2=56
56*10=560
560+4+7=571
for the 3rd:
7*100=700
8-7=1
700+6-1-1=704
4 times 7 times 5 is 140 plus 9 plus 8 is 157 times 6 is 942.
Last round: (4 * 5 * 7 + 8 + 9) * 6 = 942
I can't believe Rachel missed the last one. That shows that no one is perfect.
In the first numbers round, I got Shane's solution and also had these based on factoring (7^3 x 2 = 686):
10 x 9 = 90
90 + 5 + 3 = 98
98 x 7 = 686
9 + 5 = 14
10 - 3 = 7
14 x 7 x 7 = 686
7 x 6 = 42
42 + 10 = 52
52 - 3 = 49
9 + 5 = 14
49 x 14 = 686
In the second numbers round, I saw Shane's solution and got these solutions. The first is what Quinn could have had if he'd remembered that 7 + 2 = 9:
9 x 6 = 54
54 + 4 = 58
58 x 10 = 580
580 - 7 - 2 = 571
10 x 9 = 90
90 + 4 = 94
94 x 6 = 564
564 + 7 = 571
In the third numbers round, I saw Quinn's solution and also had these from factoring the target (11 x 2^6 = 704):
100 - 7 - 6 = 87
87 + 1 = 88
88 x 8 = 704
100 x 6 = 600
7 + 7 = 14
14 - 1 = 13
13 x 8 = 104
600 + 104 = 704
In the final numbers round, it seemed to me that it would be easier to try the more factorizable 936 as a starting point, and that proved successful:
5 x 4 = 20
20 - 7 = 13
13 x 9 x 8 = 936
936 + 6 = 942
But then I found this solution that multiplied directly up to 942:
7 x 4 = 28
28 - 9 = 19
19 x 8 = 152
152 + 5 = 157
157 x 6 = 942
7X5 = 35X4 = 140+9+8 = 157X6 - 942
2 away from 571 got 569
7 x 4 = 28
10 x 2 = 20
20 x 28 = 560
560 + 9 = 569
4x5=20x7=140+9+8=157x6=942
704:
7 - 1 = 6
6 + 6 = 12
100 - 12 = 88
88 x 8 = 704
686:
9 x 7 = 63
63 + 5 = 68
68 x 10 = 680
680 + 6 = 686
too bad exponentiation isn't allowed. 686=7^3*(6+5-9)
In the second round had he thought of 7+2 for the 9...
That's the exact same solution that I came up with, as it appeared to be the most straightfroward.
686:
9 x 10 = 90
90 + 3 + 5 = 98
98 x 7 = 686
571:
9 x 6 = 54
54 + 2 = 56
56 x 10 = 560
7 + 4 = 11
560 + 11 = 571
942 4×5=20-7=13×9×8=936+6=942
686
9 x 7 = 63
63 + 5 = 68
68 x 10 = 680
680 + 6 = 686
704 100+1=101 -6-7=88×8=704
686 9×10=90+3+5=98×7=686
571 9×10=90+4=94×6=564+7=571
686=7×(9+5)×(10-3)
704=7×100+8/(7+1-6)
571-1=(10+9)×(4×7+2)
Des Lennis.
What happened to Anne Robinson?
Who cares, she was the most dull presenter ever. Absolutely useless.
Thankfully she quit
Her contract was not renewed.
She left the show
They left her next to a radiator and she melted.
704= 100 x7 =700
7-1 =6
8-6 = 2
700 + (6-2) = 704