Countdown Game Show - Number Rounds (28 September 2023)

Colin Murray and Rachel Riley host as contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers. Grace Dent joins Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner. Each day two contestants compete in 15 rounds of words and numbers to become the Countdown Champion.
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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.
Playlist: • The Original Countdown...
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.
Playlist: • Series 23 - 8oo10cdc (...

[@einSteppenwolf]

621=9×(50+10+7+2)

[@medusa_404]

856:
100 * 4 = 400
75 / 25 = 3
400 + 3 = 403
403 * 2 = 806
806 + 50 = 856

[@edwardoreilly9419]

I know he said it

[@medusa_404]

700:
8 + 6 = 14
50 * 14 = 700
8 * 8 = 64
64 + 6 = 70
70 * 10 = 700
8 * 8 = 64
64 + 50 + 1 = 115
115 * 6 = 690
690 + 10 = 700

[@medusa_404]

621:
50 + 10 + 9 = 69
7 + 2 = 9
69 * 9 = 621
50 * 10 = 500
9 * 7 * 2 = 126
126 - 5 = 121
500 + 121 = 621
10 + 2 = 12
50 * 12 = 600
600 + 9 + 7 + 5 = 621
10 - 2 = 8
8 * 5 = 40
50 + 40 = 90
90 * 7 = 630
630 - 9 = 621

[@medusa_404]

149:
100 + 50 = 150
4 - 3 = 1
150 - 1 = 149
100 + 4 = 104
10 * 3 = 30
104 - 30 = 74
75 + 74 = 149
75 + 50 + 10 = 135
135 / 3 = 45
100 + 45 + 4 = 149

[@JoeGrohlDJ]

Round 1
100 + 50 - (4 - 3)
Round 2
(2 x 50 - 10) x 7 - 9
Round 3
(10 + 6 - 1 - (8 / 8)) x 50
(8 x 8 + 6) x 10
Round 4
((4 x 100) + (75 / 25)) x 2 + 50

[@ericzubyk2329]

Had 150 on the first one, 620 on the second one, got 700 exactly on the 3rd one, & 850 on the last one.

[@crystalaustralia]

I like reading your updates 😊

[@ericzubyk2329]

@@crystalaustralia thanks even though it feels strange being an only American who loves Countdown & wished it was a game show over there as well.

[@crystalaustralia]

The numbers are good fun, and I like the presenters too.

[@user-bl9vi7so1q]

I shot my boat after the first one

[@burritojimmy9609]

Thanks! 👏

[@catw461]

856
75/25=3
100×4=400
400+3=403
403×2=806
806+50=856

[@catw461]

621
2×50=100
100-10=90
90×7=630
630-9=621
Or
50+10+2+7=69
69×9=621

[@einSteppenwolf]

856=2×(4×100+75/25)+50

[@einSteppenwolf]

149=100+50-4+3=100+75-3×10+4

[@catw461]

149
100+50-(4-3)

[@einSteppenwolf]

700=(8+6)×50=10×(8×8+6)=10×(8×8+1)+50=(8-6)×(8-1)×50=(10-8)×(6+1)×50

[@Adamdow95]

50 + 10 + 9 = 69
7 + 2 = 9
(69 x 9 = 621)

[@boybawang1981]

75-3 = 72X4 = 288+10 = 298X50 = 14,900÷100 = 149
10X3 = 30 100-30 = 70+4 = 74+75 = 149
10÷2 = 5 50X7 = 350-5 = 345X9 = 3,105÷5 = 621
50+10+7+2 = 69X9 = 621
10+6 = 16 8-1 = 7X16 = 112X50 = 5,600÷8 = 700
8+6+1 = 15X8 = 120-50 = 70X10 = 700
75÷25 = 3 100X4 = 400+3 = 403X2 = 806+50 = 856

[@catw461]

700
6+8=14
14×50=700
Or
10-8=2
2×50=100
8-1=7
7×100=700

[@AllonsyRapunzel]

I actually couldn't spot the "obvious" solution, thanks!

[@simonrodgers8902]

For 700, I just said 8+6=14*50=700

[@MalfunctionNeo]

621 = (50+10+9) x (7+2), or 69x9