Countdown Game Show - Number Rounds (17 October 2023)
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- Colin Murray and Rachel Riley host as contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers. John Virgo 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.
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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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This has to be the easiest number round in sometime!
561 was fairly easy as you add the first and third digit as it shows a divisible by 11 solution.
155 there is another more complex solution;
4+2=6
6*25=150+5
693 is basically 77*9 and fortunately you can with;
75+6-4=77
77*9=693
609 however, does have a very useful way of getting 4 digit numbers, it’s all about adding 10 to a solution;
100+8=108
108*50=5400
5400/9=600
600+10-1=609
4:06 slightly different: 75*9+25-1-6
5:57 more complicated (50/10+1)*100+9
For 693 I got
9 × 75 = 675
675 + 25 = 700
700 - 6 - 1 = 693
For 609 I got
50 ÷ 10 = 5
5 + 1 = 6
6 × 100 = 600
600 + 9 = 609
Not as elegant, but gets the job done!
I: UGH. Took about 45-50 seconds and then I realized 561 was divisible by 11, and by what number was needed.
II: Let's just move on. I think it took me 20 seconds to find three different ways, one of which bases off the 25!
III: Agh! I was looking for 99X7 the whole time! And I eventually finally found it!
75+25 = 100 - 1 = 99
9+4 = 13 - 6 = 7
IV: And another "Let's just move on."
100x10 = 1000
50 x 8 = 400
1000-400 = 600, then add the 9.
The lady is so sweet - really liked her
Grouting.
25+50=75.
75+25=100.
Round 1
(50 + 1) x 9 + (4 x 25) + 2
Round 2
75 x 2 + 5
Round 3
75 x 9 + 25 - 6 - 1
Round 4
(50 / 10 + 1) x 100 + 9
I did 693 a bit different
(75+4)*(9) = 711
-25 = 686
+ 6 + 1 = 693
5 times 9 is 45 then add that on.
100 times 6=600.
609 was so easy, I was shocked he didn’t get it.
693=75x9+(25-6-1)
155=2×75+5=5×(25+4+2)
{100 × [(50 / 10) + 1]} + 9 = (100 × 6) + 9 = 609.
That's what I did too.
@@WaterCrane smart minds think alike, :P
609=10×50+100+9
561=(9+2)×(50+1)
561:
50 + 1 = 51
9 + 2 = 11
51 * 11 = 561
50 + 1 = 51
51 * 9 = 459
25 * 4 = 100
459 + 100 + 2 = 561
50 + 4 = 54
54 * 9 = 486
2 + 1 = 3
25 * 3 = 75
486 + 75 = 561
155:
75 * 2 = 150
150 + 5 = 155
25 + 4 + 2 = 31
31 * 5 = 155
75 * 5 * 2 = 750
750 + 25 = 775
4 + 1 = 5
775 / 5 = 155
693:
75 * 9 = 675
675 + 25 - 6 - 1 = 693
75 + 6 - 4 = 77
77 * 9 = 693
75 + 25 - 1 = 99
9 + 4 - 6 = 7
99 * 7 = 693
609:
50 / 10 = 5
5 + 1 = 6
100 * 6 = 600
600 + 9 = 609
50 * 10 = 500
500 + 100 + 9 = 609
100 * 10 = 1000
50 * 8 = 400
1000 - 400 + 9 = 609
693 = 99×7
9x77 was easier for me (6-4)=2 add to the 75 to get 77 and then times 9
@@edwinsteennis
You see 693 and immediately know it is divisible by 77?
@@ricksimon9867No divisible by 9; if the sum of the digits is divisible by 9 then the whole number is divisible by 9. Then I did 9x75 and came up short 18 so that made it easy for me to see that I needed 2x9 so from 75 to 77.
@@edwinsteennis
Well that makes my solution easier since yours has two steps, mine has only one.
@@ricksimon9867 700 - 7 is indeed very simple. Did you get to 99x7 by 25+75-1 = 99 and 9-6=3 add 4 = 7 or dit you get there another way?
He didn’t get 609 😂😂😂😂
50+1 = 51 9+2 = 11X51 = 561
9X4 = 36-25 = 11 50+1 = 51X11 = 561
25+1 = 26 75X2 = 150-26 = 124X5 = 620÷4 = 155
25+4+2 = 31X5 = 155
6-4 = 2+75 = 77X9 = 693
75+25 = 100-1 = 99 6-4 = 2 9-2 = 7X99 = 693
50X10 = 500+100+9 = 609
50X10 - 500+100+8+1 = 609
In the first numbers round, I saw Fran's solution and also had these:
50 + 1 = 51
51 x 9 = 459
25 x 4 = 100
459 + 100 + 2 = 561
50 + 4 = 54
54 x 9 = 486
2 + 1 = 3
25 x 3 = 75
486 + 75 = 561
50 - 4 = 46
25 - 1 = 24
24 / 2 = 12
46 x 12 = 552
552 + 9 = 561
The second numbers round was so easy, but just for the sake of it I also spotted these related alternatives:
25 - 5 = 20
20 x 4 = 80
80 + 75 = 155
25 x 2 = 50
50 - 4 = 46
46 x 5 = 230
230 - 75 = 155
In the third numbers round, I saw both contestants' solution, but I expected at least one of them to do this:
75 x 9 = 675
675 + 25 = 700
700 - 6 - 1 = 693
And I expected the other to do this:
6 - 4 = 2
75 + 2 = 77
77 x 9 = 693
And I also had this solution that uses all the numbers:
75 + 25 = 100
100 - 1 = 99
9 + 4 = 13
13 - 6 = 7
99 x 7 = 693
In the final numbers round, I saw Fran's solution and I also had these other ways of getting to 600:
50 / 10 = 5
5 + 1 = 6
100 x 6 = 600
600 + 9 = 609
100 x 10 = 1000
50 x 8 = 400
1000 - 400 = 600
600 + 9 = 609
100 + 8 = 108
108 / 9 = 12
50 x 12 = 600
10 - 1 = 9
600 + 9 = 609
But I couldn't find any method that didn't use getting to the 600 first. I tried making the fact that 100 x 50 / 8 = 625 work, but I couldn't find anything with that as a starting point.
Your method for 693 was the method I found, thinking it would be easier and more straightforward getting to 700 and subtracting.