Countdown Game Show - Number Rounds (1 October 2024)
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Colin Murray and Rachel Riley host as contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers. Debbie McGee joins Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner. Each day two contestants compete in 15 rounds of words and numbers to become the Countdown Champion.
Debra Ann McGee (born 31 October 1958) is an English television, radio and stage performer who is best known as the assistant and widow of magician Paul Daniels. McGee is a former ballet dancer and for three years was artistic director of her own ballet company. She presents a Sunday morning show for BBC Radio Berkshire. McGee was a finalist in BBC's 2017 Strictly Come Dancing and a winner of the 2019 Christmas Special, and has been a recurring member of the Loose Women panel.
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BACKGROUND
Countdown is the channel’s longest running show and the first show ever broadcast on Channel 4 when it launched 40 years ago, in November 1982. The original version of Channel 4's 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"). The show debuted in 1965 as « Le mot le plus long » using letters only, and reached its present format in 1972. This year marks the shows 51st anniversary.
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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 eleven years ago.
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5:00 can’t believe he didn’t see the 3x4 to be added to that 654?😂
I can understand that he didn't see it within 30 seconds. I also saw this at the very end of the timer myself. Once he had declared '658', he was obligated to give his reasoning for that result, so he couldn't make anymore changes. Otherwise he still could have added the 3 to get to 661.
What bothers me a bit is the fact that Rachel is certainly smart enough to figure out that he could have done 3x4 to add to the 654, in order to reach 666, but gave a completely different method to solve it, instead of improving what was already on the board. That would have been more helpfull to the players, as it is easier to improve your existing way of working than it is to start looking for completely different methods. Of course I can't read her mind, so maybe she just didn't notice it.
i got 111 x 6 by doing (3 x 25)+(4x9)
Same. I’m reading your comment before they’ve announced so I don’t know what they did, but I was going to make that 111 if it killed me.
For 666 I did 6x4+3=27, then 27x25=675, and then 675-9=666
That's how I got it as well
609:
50 * 4 = 200
200 + 3 = 203
203 * 75 / 25 = 609
100 + 50 + 3 = 153
153 * 4 = 612
75 / 25 = 3
612 - 3 = 609
100 * 50 = 5000
5000 + 75 = 5075
5075 * 3 / 25 = 609
I did it the same way 😊
It's always a thrill when I'm able to solve one with four large in time.. so I'm just a tad pleased with myself right now.
The new episode of the week at Wheel Of Fortune in Bonus Round is loss at Big Money Week. Please Countdown, I want more numbers round to get easily
Jimmy Carr: Don't mess with the machine
5x75 -100 + 10 + 7 = 292. Have written that down once the contestants didn’t get it.
For 609, I did:
100 + 50 + 3 = 153
153 × 4 = 612
75 / 25 = 3
612 - 3 = 609
75/25=3, 3*3=9
Happy raccoon appreciation day everyone 💓
It was national coffee day on Sunday.
I had a coffee.
Don't quite know what to do with this one.
@@gdj6298 stroke a beaver?
@@gdj6298 Put the bins out!
@@crystalaustralia I'll wait till Tasmania Day for that.
For the conundrum UNDERFISH is also a word.
I went a little out there with 645:
10 + 6 = 16
16 × 8 = 128
128 + 1 = 129
129 × 5 = 645
I had this as well
292:
100 + 5 - 75 = 30
30 * 10 = 300
300 - 7 - 1 = 292
100 - 75 = 25
25 * 10 = 250
5 + 1 = 6
7 * 6 = 42
250 + 42 = 292
100 - 1 = 99
10 - 7 = 3
99 * 3 = 297
297 - 5 = 292
I did the one with 100-1
For 645:
50 + 8 + 6 = 64
64 × 10 = 640
640 + 5 = *_645_*
100-1=99
10-7=3
3x99=297
297-5=292
I did 645 differently again, within the time limit.
6 + 8 = 14
14 + 50 = 64
64 x 10 = 640
640 + 5 = 645
3(4x50 + 75/25) = 609.
In the first numbers round, I saw Rachel's solution and also had these:
100 - 1 = 99
10 - 7 = 3
99 x 3 = 297
297 - 5 = 292
100 + 75 = 175
175 x 5 = 875
875 + 1 = 876
10 - 7 = 3
876 / 3 = 292
75 + 1 = 76
76 x 10 = 760 (152)
100 x 7 = 700 (140)
760 + 700 = 1460
1460 / 5 = 292
My thinking on this last one was that 10 / 5 is = 2 and 100 / 5 = 20, so this equation is equivalent to (75 + 1) x 2 + 7 x 20 = 292.
In the second numbers round, I saw the contestants' solution, but you can multiply directly to the target in these ways:
50 - 6 - 1 = 43
10 + 5 = 15
43 x 15 = 645
10 + 6 = 16
16 x 8 = 128
128 + 1 = 129
129 x 5 = 645
And I also had this solution:
50 + 8 + 6 = 64
64 x 10 = 640
640 + 5 = 645
In the third numbers round, I saw Rachel's solution and also had these:
25 x 3 = 75
9 x 4 = 36
75 + 36 = 111
111 x 6 = 666
4 x 3 = 12
25 + 12 = 37
37 x 9 = 333
6 - 4 = 2
333 x 2 = 666
And this:
25 x 3 = 75
75 + 9 = 84
4 + 4 = 8
84 x 8 = 672
672 - 6 = 666
In the final numbers round, I saw Graham solution, but also had this:
50 x 4 = 200
200 + 3 = 203
75 / 25 = 3
203 x 3 = 609
And if you wanted to showboat a bit, you could do this:
100 x 50 = 5000
5000 + 75 = 5075
5075 x 3 = 15225
15225 / 25 = 609
This is merely an elaboration on the above solution, since you can get 203 with just the four large: (100 x 50 + 75) / 25 = 203.
I was with Colin, looking for 111x6 or 222x3 and not trying the 9 until after time ran out.
292. 10-7=3 100-1=99*3=297-5
292: nope, the same way the contestants did.
Rachel's way was impressive though as she got it through 392.
645: pretty easy. The same way Tarrant did.
666: a completely different way.
But first Tarrant could get the exact number by adding 4 × 3 instead of just 4 (and such a shame that Rachel didn't see that).
In other words, Tarrant should go:
(25 × 4 + 9) × 6 + 4 × 3
= 109 × 6 + 12
= 654 + 12
= 666.
Even so he could still get 661 by adding 658 (his answer) and 3.
Now, mine.
3 × 4 = 12
25 + 12 = 37
6 - 4 = 2
9 × 2 = 18
37 × 18 = 666.
A completely different way.
609: nope, I didn't get this one.
(100-75+5)x10-(7+1)=292
i did 6+8=14. 14+50=64. 64x10=640. 640+5=645.
(50*4+75/25)*3=609 all the others I got the same as Rachel :D
(100 - 75 + 5) × 10 - (7 + 1) = 0 (that was a WAY too close of a late realization)
(50 + 6 + 8) × 10 + 5 = 0 (clean in and out)
(25 × 4 + 9 + 3) × 6 - 4 = +2 (closest I can get)
(100 + 50) × 4 + 75 ÷ 25 × 3 = 0 (clean all sixer to end)
the 109 x 6 was so close, instead of adding the 4 at the end, x it by the 3 then add it.
It's also possible to find 666 without using the 6 :))
645:
10+1=11
50*11=650
650-5=645
So Rachel Riley's favorite number is either 74 or 9, it looks like. And it'd make sense for it to be 9, because that has some very interesting properties, as the highest digit in our conventional counting base.
I got 666 the same way Rachel did, initially. 74 seems like a big, awkward number, though, and I was wondering if I could work my way through half of it, 37, instead, because that's so close to the 25 that was on the initial board. I came up with
3x4=12; 25+12=37; 6-4=2; 2x9=18; 18x37=666
My first instinct whenever I see the digits of a number add up to 3, 6, or 9 is to eliminate any factors of 3 (especially 9) to get to more workable numbers. For anyone who doesn't know the trick, an example of 666 -> 6+6+6=18 -> 1+8=9. Since it resolves to 3, 6, or 9, it is divisible by 3. It is divisible by 3 and even, so it is also divisible by 6. And since the final sum is a 9 and not 3 or 6, it is divisible by 9.
@@JDrapic Yeah, if there's a digital root of 9 with a 9 on board, that's a godsend for a multiplication play. And 3's are, like, a slightly less powerful version of that.
That is exactly one of the reasons why I think Rachel Riley would find 9 to be such a fascinating number.
her favorite number is 9, it's easily verifiable if a number is divisible by 9
292
10 - 7 = 3
100-1= 99
99×3=297
297-5=292
Yeah, that was me. I took WAY too long though !
609=4×(100+50)+3×75/25
I like Rachel’s 666 better with the multiple of 9, but I had 6x4=24+3=27x25=675-9=666
It’s ingrained tradition now, but why do they play more letters than numbers games?
I think you get more points from the letters overall, especially when they give out 18 points for a nine.
1. (100-1)x(10-7)-5=292 or (5x75)-100+7+10=292 or (100-75)x10+(7x(1+5))=292
2. (50-1-6)x(5+10)=645 or 50-1+(8x10)=129x5=645
3. (25x3-4/4)x9=666 or (25x4+9)x6+3x4=666 or 25-(3x4)=13x6-4=74x9=666
4. ((100+50)x4)+3x75/25=609 or (4x50+3)x75/25=609
666:
25 x 4 = 100
100 + 9 = 109
109 x 6 = 654
4 x 3 = 12
654 + 12 = 666
Surprised he didn't see this when he was halfway there.
4*6=24+3=27
27*25=675
675-9=666
the first one was so easy what
645:
(50 + 8 + 6) x 10 + 5 = 645
645 = (6+8+50) x 10 + 5
The 658...he had a 3 left to add it up to 661. 7 points instead of 5
And 10 points by saying 4x3 is 12 and add to 654
@@metrowake11 Nice.
292=(10-7)×(100-1)-5
666
25x3=75
75-(4÷4)=74
74×9=666
I did it before I saw that Rachel also did it MY way ! 😊
666=(6-4)×9×(25+3×4)
666 a little different;
(25-4/4)*9=(216+6)*3
I would have flat out refused to answer in Round 3
wow youre so smart
The guy who got 100 will never be the champion, he's just not good enough with the numbers
First
666:
25 * 4 = 100
100 + 9 = 109
109 * 6 = 654
4 * 3 = 12
654 + 12 = 666
6 * 4 = 24
24 + 2 = 27
27 * 25 = 675
675 - 9 = 666
25 * 3 = 75
9 * 4 = 36
75 + 36 = 111
111 * 6 = 666
Nice work but how did you get from 24 to 25 in your middle solution?
100-75=25.
25x10 =250
(5+1)X7 = 42
250+42
Boom