In the first numbers round, I just tuned out because it was so easy. Even my "five-small" solution is easy: 8 + 3 = 11 5 x 2 = 10 11 x 10 = 110 In the second numbers round, that was more like what I was expecting. I saw Rachel's solution and also had these ones: 10 + 4 = 14 14 x 2 = 28 28 + 9 = 37 37 x 25 = 925 925 + 1 = 926 25 - 1 = 24 24 x 10 = 240 240 - 9 = 231 231 x 4 = 924 924 + 2 = 926 In the third numbers round, I saw Rachel's method, and I think the other one she spotted was this: 25 x 2 = 50 50 - 1 = 49 8 + 6 = 14 49 x 14 = 686 However, there was another way to make 49 and 14: 8 x 6 = 48 48 + 1 = 49 25 + 3 = 28 28 / 2 = 14 49 x 14 = 686 And finally, there was this solution: 6 x 3 = 18 25 + 18 = 43 43 x 8 = 344 344 - 1 = 343 343 x 2 = 686 In the final numbers round, I saw Dean's solution and also had these: 100 + 7 = 107 107 x 9 = 963 963 + 6 + 5 + 3 = 977 100 x 5 = 500 500 - 7 = 493 6 / 3 = 2 493 x 2 = 986 986 - 9 = 977 9 + 7 = 16 16 x 6 = 96 100 + 96 = 196 196 x 5 = 980 980 - 3 = 977
I did the first number by making the 10 out of the 2 and the 5. I did the second number just like Rachel. The last two were 1 away in the 30 seconds. 686 - 687! 25×3=75, 8+1=9, 9×75=675, 6×2=12, 675+12=687 977 - 978! 100+5+3=108, 108×9=972, 972+6=978
I also spotted 686 = 49 × 14 but found a different way 25 × 2 = 50 50 - 1 = 49 8 + 6 = 14 49 × 14 = 686 I found this by first trying 25 × 28 = 700, then noticing I was 14 away, and I had 14 by getting 28 = 2(6 + 8)
I was wondering where Rachel was going with 926, as you can easily work out the factors of 9 and 4 which was easily solvable. Unlucky Dean, it’s not easy always to find the solution.
That final numbers round just shows how the 30 seconds blinds you. Caroline must have been trying to get close with mutiplying by 9. so likely 100+5+3=108, 108*9=972, 972+6=978. Wheras I had deans way done as Colin was starting the timer. But way too many "I've got nothing"s from all conetstants during Carolines time on. She may become an Octochamp later today, but surely she can't be back for the series finals.
Only a minority of the players on the show are good at the numbers rounds. People who are good at the letters aren't likely to be good at the numbers rounds as well. I'm terrible at the letters, but pretty good at numbers, which is why I could likely never win.
"I don’t watch the whole episodes, only these videos ..." - Well, there's your problem. You may only watch Countdown for the numbers, but that's far away from the actual format of the show, in which the letters are worth significantly more points.
She's passable enough and hasn't faced any apterites yet. Most players will only play the numbers rounds defensively and rely on the letters plus the conundrum to score. We saw this amongst the CoC rounds when even the top players were only playing one large/inverted T/classroom mix.
Maybe it would be fitting if she finished one away on seven :) To be fair she must be fairly OK with the letters, and any octochamp can be proud of the achievement.
Do you watch the whole episodes? No doubt she had a spot of good fortune to win today, but you have to remember that the numbers games are only 4 out of the 15 rounds. Most of the points are in the letters, and she has generally been doing very well there.
How I got there: I want to do 925 = 37*25 (gotta know your 25 times table for Countdown), and then +1. But with 37=9*4+1 I already used the 1. So maybe just do 36*25=900, which frees up the 1? But then I gotta make 26, that's not possible with the other numbers. But I have already made a 36, so I can add 36 (instead of 26) if I just add 1 to the 25. Now it's 4*9*(25+1) = 936, and I have a 10 left over.
Your questions on today's episode and yesterday's episode show that you just aren't thinking about the problems in the right way. You don't need to know your "26 times tables" (or for one of the rounds yesterday, your "71 times tables"). In this case, the 25 is very helpful: you can get close with 25 x 37 = 925 or 25 x 36 = 900. Once you're in that area, you can use small "times tables" and a bit of trial and error to get to the solution shown.
there are four 25s in 100 so in 900 there are 9 times 4 = 36. Quick way of doing maths . Also 25 times 36 being 900 so adding 1 to 25 times 36 simply adds one more 36 to the sum
5:24 Rachel might be slightly overestimating what it takes to trip up Caroline.
I saw this for 686:
2x50-1=49, 8+6=14 and multiply them
saw that aswell. was so proud of myself for getting one of rachels
In the first numbers round, I just tuned out because it was so easy. Even my "five-small" solution is easy:
8 + 3 = 11
5 x 2 = 10
11 x 10 = 110
In the second numbers round, that was more like what I was expecting. I saw Rachel's solution and also had these ones:
10 + 4 = 14
14 x 2 = 28
28 + 9 = 37
37 x 25 = 925
925 + 1 = 926
25 - 1 = 24
24 x 10 = 240
240 - 9 = 231
231 x 4 = 924
924 + 2 = 926
In the third numbers round, I saw Rachel's method, and I think the other one she spotted was this:
25 x 2 = 50
50 - 1 = 49
8 + 6 = 14
49 x 14 = 686
However, there was another way to make 49 and 14:
8 x 6 = 48
48 + 1 = 49
25 + 3 = 28
28 / 2 = 14
49 x 14 = 686
And finally, there was this solution:
6 x 3 = 18
25 + 18 = 43
43 x 8 = 344
344 - 1 = 343
343 x 2 = 686
In the final numbers round, I saw Dean's solution and also had these:
100 + 7 = 107
107 x 9 = 963
963 + 6 + 5 + 3 = 977
100 x 5 = 500
500 - 7 = 493
6 / 3 = 2
493 x 2 = 986
986 - 9 = 977
9 + 7 = 16
16 x 6 = 96
100 + 96 = 196
196 x 5 = 980
980 - 3 = 977
Got one away about 3 or 4 times today, so close
I actually got the conundrum for once, usually I'm terrible at those.
1. LNAFP: (3x8-2)x5=110
2. (25+1)x4x9-10=926 or (4+10)x2+9=37x25+1=926
3. (25x2-1)x(6+8)=686
4. (100x5-7)x6/3-9=977
Who likes my method? That is excellent.
For 926 i did
10+4=14
14×2=28
28+9=37
37×25=925
925+1=926
I did the first number by making the 10 out of the 2 and the 5.
I did the second number just like Rachel.
The last two were 1 away in the 30 seconds.
686 - 687!
25×3=75, 8+1=9, 9×75=675, 6×2=12, 675+12=687
977 - 978!
100+5+3=108, 108×9=972, 972+6=978
686=(8+6)×(2×25-1)
Same method here.
Just to clarify we get 14x49=686.
You aim to make 14x50 giving 700 and need 14 less. So 14x49 gets you 686.
7:47 - No wonder the "audience" didn't sound enthusiastic with that outcome.
I also spotted 686 = 49 × 14 but found a different way
25 × 2 = 50
50 - 1 = 49
8 + 6 = 14
49 × 14 = 686
I found this by first trying 25 × 28 = 700, then noticing I was 14 away, and I had 14 by getting 28 = 2(6 + 8)
I was wondering where Rachel was going with 926, as you can easily work out the factors of 9 and 4 which was easily solvable. Unlucky Dean, it’s not easy always to find the solution.
17X25 = 925!? Better hope that guy isn't your cashier in the U.K.!!
@@boybawang1981
It happens. One time, I kept getting 400 from 4x75. No idea why.
0:20 0 second: 100+2+8
Yeah would also work 100+8+2
So my way might be a bit more complicate but you take the 100. Then you do 3-8 =-5.
110:
8 + 3 = 11
11 * 5 * 2 = 110
5 * 2 = 10
100 + 10 = 110
8 * 3 = 24
24 - 2 = 22
22 * 5 = 110
100 - 8 = 92
92 * 6 = 552
552 - 2 = 550
550 / 5 = 110
6 + 5 + 3 = 14
14 * 8 = 112
112 - 2 = 110
25 times 18 is
25
18
200
250=450
977=(100+7)x9+(6+5+3)
Oh, and to use all the numbers for the easy first one….
110=100+(8x5)-((2+3)x6)
For 110 I did 100+5+6-(3-2)
On the first one you could have done,
(8 x 3) - 2 = 22
22 x 5 = 110
UNSPOORED! 😂
926:
10 + 4 = 14
14 * 2 = 28
28 + 9 = 37
37 * 25 = 925
925 + 1 = 926
25 - 1 = 24
24 * 10 = 240
240 - 9 = 231
231 * 4 = 924
924 + 2 = 926
Got 110 exactly on the first one, 921 on the 2nd, unfortunately a 616 on the 3rd, & 967 on the last one.
That final numbers round just shows how the 30 seconds blinds you. Caroline must have been trying to get close with mutiplying by 9. so likely 100+5+3=108, 108*9=972, 972+6=978. Wheras I had deans way done as Colin was starting the timer. But way too many "I've got nothing"s from all conetstants during Carolines time on. She may become an Octochamp later today, but surely she can't be back for the series finals.
Even then, it's not too hard to get there = 100 + 7 for 107, times 9 is 963, and the other three numbers (6 + 5 + 3) get you there exactly.
I don’t watch the whole episodes, only these videos, but I can’t believe Caroline is still going. She’s hopeless at the numbers.
Only a minority of the players on the show are good at the numbers rounds. People who are good at the letters aren't likely to be good at the numbers rounds as well. I'm terrible at the letters, but pretty good at numbers, which is why I could likely never win.
I agree and I the same but she must be a demon with the letters, plus I think she could be the first girl to be an octo champ so I'm routing for her
"I don’t watch the whole episodes, only these videos ..." - Well, there's your problem. You may only watch Countdown for the numbers, but that's far away from the actual format of the show, in which the letters are worth significantly more points.
@@Mufc479 There have been many girls. There was a husband and wife couple who were both in the Championship of Champions earlier this year.
She's passable enough and hasn't faced any apterites yet. Most players will only play the numbers rounds defensively and rely on the letters plus the conundrum to score. We saw this amongst the CoC rounds when even the top players were only playing one large/inverted T/classroom mix.
My dream.....
0:21 Fantastic, it's 100 + 8 + 2 = 110 #
On 8oo10cdc, that would have been a repress...
JC!! 17X25 EQUALS 925!?!? I'm gonna get shortchanged in the U.K., ain't I?!?!
100÷5 = 20 8+3 = 11X20 = 220÷2 = 110
8+3 = 11X5 = 55X2 = 110
10+4 = 14X2 = 28+9 = 37X25 = 925+1 = 926
9X4 = 36 25+1 = 26X36 = 936-10 = 926
25X2 = 50-1 = 49 8+6 = 14X49 = 686
8X3 = 24+25 = 49X2 = 98 6+1 = 7X98 = 686
6-5 = 1+9 = 10 100-3 = 97X10 = 970+7 = 977
6+5 = 11X7 = 77 100X9 = 900+77 = 977
926=4×9×(25+1)-10
6 + 5 times (8+2)
977=9×100+7×(6+5)
110=2×5×(8+3)=100+2×5=100+8+2
100 times 9 is 900.
2:07 3 seconds: 925/25 is 37 so we need 4*10-2-1. Ok its not 926 :(
25 plus 10 is 35.
Then you do 5 times 6 which is 30 divided by 2 which is 15 then add that on.,
100+-5=95.
Caroline is going to be one of the most undeserving octochamps ever.
No kidding. She's been extremely lucky with opponents. There were contestants earlier in the season that would have dethroned her.
Maybe it would be fitting if she finished one away on seven :) To be fair she must be fairly OK with the letters, and any octochamp can be proud of the achievement.
luck of the draw guys, luck of the draw... you just gotta be better than your opponent.
Do you watch the whole episodes? No doubt she had a spot of good fortune to win today, but you have to remember that the numbers games are only 4 out of the 15 rounds. Most of the points are in the letters, and she has generally been doing very well there.
@@bjoern.gumboldt Maybe they ran out of apterites.
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686:
25 * 2 = 50
50 - 1 = 49
8 + 6 = 14
49 * 14 = 686
8 * 6 = 48
48 + 1 = 49
25 + 3 = 28
49 * 28 / 2 = 686
6 * 3 = 18
25 + 18 = 43
43 * 8 = 344
344 - 1 = 343
343 * 2 = 686
Method 1 for me
926 = ((25 - 1) x 10 - 9) x 4 + 2
3:20 For frick's sake, how are you supposed to know your 26 times tables? Or even your 36 times tables?!
I give up!
Well, since 26 = 25 + 1, maybe by knowing your 25x tables (quarters) and your 1x tables... just maybe... I dunno.
How I got there:
I want to do 925 = 37*25 (gotta know your 25 times table for Countdown), and then +1. But with 37=9*4+1 I already used the 1.
So maybe just do 36*25=900, which frees up the 1? But then I gotta make 26, that's not possible with the other numbers.
But I have already made a 36, so I can add 36 (instead of 26) if I just add 1 to the 25.
Now it's 4*9*(25+1) = 936, and I have a 10 left over.
Your questions on today's episode and yesterday's episode show that you just aren't thinking about the problems in the right way. You don't need to know your "26 times tables" (or for one of the rounds yesterday, your "71 times tables"). In this case, the 25 is very helpful: you can get close with 25 x 37 = 925 or 25 x 36 = 900. Once you're in that area, you can use small "times tables" and a bit of trial and error to get to the solution shown.
there are four 25s in 100 so in 900 there are 9 times 4 = 36. Quick way of doing maths . Also 25 times 36 being 900 so adding 1 to 25 times 36 simply adds one more 36 to the sum