Countdown Amazing Calculation 813 - Carol Vorderman

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  • This amazing calculation in a Countdown Episode in 2002 is truly amazing in only 30 seconds
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  • @rocketi05
    @rocketi05 Před 3 lety +1041

    He's on his way to winning that countdown teapot.

  • @DaveDexterMusic
    @DaveDexterMusic Před 2 lety +727

    My approach is generally "10x75 = 750, +50 = 800. Eh, close enough"

    • @RandomPlaceHolderName
      @RandomPlaceHolderName Před 2 lety +12

      100/25+1 for 805 nah?

    • @lcozzarelli
      @lcozzarelli Před 2 lety +28

      I just added the 1 to that and called it a day

    • @georgielancaster1356
      @georgielancaster1356 Před 2 lety +23

      I did 10 x (75 +1) = 760 + 50 = 810 + (100 ÷ 25) = 814.
      Plus a bonus point for using all the numbers, which I take off 814 to get 813. 😇 😄

    • @eclectica1
      @eclectica1 Před 2 lety

      But no points for you sunshine.

    • @georgelewis365
      @georgelewis365 Před 2 lety

      @@georgielancaster1356 you used 1 twice, still a lot better than me though

  • @superman00001
    @superman00001 Před 10 měsíci +559

    He first doubles 813 in his head to get 1626 and recognises that is 1 away from a multiple of 25. And he knows how to quickly work out multiples of 25, so quickly realises he needs 65 of them. The rest snaps into place for him. Impressive.

    • @JohnnyBravo1878
      @JohnnyBravo1878 Před 9 měsíci +12

      Very help, thank you

    • @superman00001
      @superman00001 Před 9 měsíci +5

      @@JohnnyBravo1878 welcome

    • @jonathanlee2099
      @jonathanlee2099 Před 8 měsíci +5

      It's really neat the solutions you can come up with some clever math like that

    • @Everton-Valley-2005
      @Everton-Valley-2005 Před 8 měsíci +9

      He also knows before he chooses that 4 of the numbers will be 25,50,75,100 ...you can work off these alone to know all the variants...he also knows before that the 2 other numbers are between 1 and 10...its clever...he does his homework

    • @superman00001
      @superman00001 Před 8 měsíci +2

      @@Everton-Valley-2005 Yes, indeed.

  • @purgruv
    @purgruv Před 6 lety +3680

    Good morning, that's a nice tnetennba.

    • @alancapybara3325
      @alancapybara3325 Před 5 lety +38

      Moss on The IT Crowd lol

    • @joansmith69
      @joansmith69 Před 5 lety +39

      Richard Ayoades portrayal on the Graham Linehan produced situational comedy IT Crowd on Channel 4, audible chuckles and nods towards a reference understood.

    • @tactical_nuk3g290
      @tactical_nuk3g290 Před 5 lety +12

      That fully made me laugh so hard

    • @apotey4710
      @apotey4710 Před 5 lety +1

      You're a hero :D:D:D:D

    • @crazedscot4248
      @crazedscot4248 Před 5 lety +26

      I'm disabled

  • @AJnzxv1
    @AJnzxv1 Před 3 lety +375

    It’s mind boggling how in the space of 30 seconds he ruled out any easy way of doing it, and then managed to get it the way he did.

    • @ThomasBomb45
      @ThomasBomb45 Před 3 lety +10

      What's the "easy" way?

    • @Jay369
      @Jay369 Před 3 lety +36

      @@ThomasBomb45
      75-10=65
      65×25=1625
      1625+1=1626*
      100÷50=2*
      1626/2=813

    • @pocky1scot1
      @pocky1scot1 Před 2 lety +64

      @@Jay369 That's the same method. It may seem to your mind simpler to lay it out that way but it's the same thing. The contestents mind probably works different from yours - ease is subjective.

    • @Jay369
      @Jay369 Před 2 lety +2

      @@pocky1scot1
      Ease is relative

    • @ViceroyoftheDiptera
      @ViceroyoftheDiptera Před 2 lety +53

      @@Jay369 that’s the exact same thing you muppet. Getting 1626 is the difficult part. How you choose to set up the final division by 2 is not what makes this easy or hard.

  • @matthewiles5714
    @matthewiles5714 Před 3 lety +233

    Doing this kind of maths is impressive at the best of times but doing this kind of maths within the 30 seconds is just crazy!

  • @paulgoodwin5206
    @paulgoodwin5206 Před 5 lety +1816

    It was a little showboating on last part. 100/50 =2 and so 1626 / 2 = 813 also. Fair play tho. Nice 10 points.

    • @b2ked
      @b2ked Před 5 lety +52

      Some people can think of that easier the way he did It bigger numbers are easier to work with

    • @hughmcilveen2235
      @hughmcilveen2235 Před 5 lety +53

      No, he could not use the number 2, remember. No showboating. Brilliant.

    • @alandunstan5485
      @alandunstan5485 Před 4 lety +25

      @@hughmcilveen2235 dividing by 2 would not have been showboating!!

    • @dancostello4872
      @dancostello4872 Před 4 lety +168

      @@hughmcilveen2235 if he gets the two by dividing the 100 by 50, he is allowed. So yes, he was showboating lol

    • @Frosty-oj6hw
      @Frosty-oj6hw Před 4 lety +28

      Yeah I finally saw how this was actually possible after this, he aimed for twice the target and to divide by 2, the last few steps were making it longer than it had to be, he could have done 100/50 to get 2 and then halfed the 1626. Still it's a clever solution.

  • @WaterCrane
    @WaterCrane Před 3 lety +66

    1:09 I love the almost disbelief and "are you serious?!" tone from Carol... "Add 1".

  • @bipolarminddroppings
    @bipolarminddroppings Před 3 lety +131

    My favourite part of the comments is the amazement at the final 2 operations when all the clever stuff happened before that. Getting to 1626 was the hard part.

    • @darijoe1
      @darijoe1 Před 2 lety +9

      Carol things the same as you when the says at the end, "That's very clever, this bit particularly" when she points to the workings to get from 65 to 1626.

    • @jameschristopher2540
      @jameschristopher2540 Před 29 dny

      She does mention it and points at the work saying this bits clever

  • @TheFakeyCakeMaker
    @TheFakeyCakeMaker Před 4 lety +250

    I miss Richard Whitely so much. Great presenter.
    Brilliantly done young man.

    • @stevecooper7038
      @stevecooper7038 Před 3 lety +9

      It's worse than that, he's dead Jim.

    • @TheRandomshite123
      @TheRandomshite123 Před 3 lety

      Dooo doo dooo dooo duh duh duh duh *beeeeep*

    • @fortyfour1654
      @fortyfour1654 Před 3 lety

      @@stevecooper7038
      Well ...it's maths Jim...
      But not as we know it!
      Not as we know it
      Not as we know it.
      It's maths Jim.
      But not as we know it,
      Not as we know it Vorderman!

  • @oscarbrown24
    @oscarbrown24 Před 4 lety +246

    And that's numberwang

  • @peterclarke7240
    @peterclarke7240 Před rokem +100

    I love Carol. She will always be the Countdown Queen in my eyes.

  • @madpaduk
    @madpaduk Před 8 měsíci +9

    If I'd taken all week I'd not have managed this. All credit deserved and taken by the lad.

    • @CancelRevival
      @CancelRevival Před 8 měsíci

      This guy is a phony. When he had 1626, he knew that all he had to do was divide 100 by 50 to get 2, then divide 1626 by 2 to get the answer. But he decided to go the long way just to look good to people who didn't realize. James Martin in 1997 is the real one.

  • @jmo8934
    @jmo8934 Před rokem +15

    The bit where he adds the 1 just tops it off.

  • @i4TheWinN
    @i4TheWinN Před 7 lety +2182

    Rachel Riley would have Been able to solve that

    • @manuelwolff_intlcomedian
      @manuelwolff_intlcomedian Před 7 lety +19

      You got 824.

    • @gunamerstravels
      @gunamerstravels Před 7 lety +240

      Mike Fuller She only draws penises and acts like a child when on the 'COMEDY' show 8 out of 10 cats does Countdown. That show is just purely a bit of fun with no serious intentions.

    • @sherlockholmeslives.1605
      @sherlockholmeslives.1605 Před 7 lety +12

      OK! Fair enough!

    • @Scripture-Man
      @Scripture-Man Před 7 lety +174

      I'm not going to pick favourites between Carol and Rachel as I like them both, but I will say that in clips like these, Carol always seems a little rude and condescending towards the contestants, almost like she's getting annoyed with them for being clever. I think Rachel is a little more humble.

    • @Trev359
      @Trev359 Před 6 lety +17

      Rachel Riley's the one that's rude. I went off her very early on because of her agist comments.

  • @matlew1960
    @matlew1960 Před 10 měsíci +23

    This is what they call "Thinking outside the box". Even Carol Vorderman was impressed. And that's a great complement..

  • @iBrusmaN
    @iBrusmaN Před 4 lety +48

    Can’t Believe it took him 30 seconds, I mean it’s right there...

  • @aaronwalderslade
    @aaronwalderslade Před 3 lety +119

    The last part (×50, ÷100) is actually just halving it. I think this lad knew his 25 times tables.
    He probably first doubled the target to get an even number, then searched his 25 times tables to find a number near that. Aha, 1625, it's only 1 away. Do I have a 1? And the 50 and 100 kept in reserve to halve it.
    I'm not saying I wasn't blown away though!

    • @flytoheights1
      @flytoheights1 Před 3 lety

      👍👏👏👏

    • @arconeagain
      @arconeagain Před 2 lety +7

      You've got to think of it first. You can't just come in late, dissect it and say it's easy. That would likely be
      seen as foolish, even egotistical.

    • @silkyfirst3097
      @silkyfirst3097 Před 2 lety +1

      @@arconeagain maybe he doesnt know his 25 times tables but his 5 times tables very well 🤔

    • @shalimarlake7852
      @shalimarlake7852 Před 2 lety

      I mean you see a 25, you look for multiples of 25, find 1624, add one, and then figure out if 25 divides into one of your numbers

    • @jmo8934
      @jmo8934 Před rokem

      They write all of the times tables down in front of them in advance which helps.

  • @GarrethFerreira
    @GarrethFerreira Před 3 lety +84

    At the end of the day he still achieved it in 30 secs, everyone here has hind sight

    • @user-so6rk5sk6d
      @user-so6rk5sk6d Před 2 lety +2

      Nothing better than getting it done in 30 seconds eh.

    • @TiredofEarth
      @TiredofEarth Před 10 měsíci +2

      i couldnt do it in 30 seconds even though i just watched him do it in 30 seconds.. lmao

  • @davetootill
    @davetootill Před 9 měsíci +24

    Getting to 1626 was the impressive part. He could have just divided 100 by 50 to get 2 and used that to divide 1626. Good going in 30secs though and who doesnt love a bit of showmanship sometimes.

    • @Stabichan
      @Stabichan Před 9 měsíci +8

      I'm pretty he knows. But for the lulz it's funnier to do *50 first

    • @listey
      @listey Před 5 měsíci

      He did. Kind of.

  • @dylanpritchard4981
    @dylanpritchard4981 Před 8 lety +8

    I remember watching this show with my Grandad when I visited England growing up.

  • @JackDManheim
    @JackDManheim Před 5 lety +253

    I mean... it's an impressive video,
    but the title seems to credit the wrong person.
    All she did was write it down.

  • @iball310369
    @iball310369 Před 4 lety +25

    Probably maths now. Love it

  • @ona907
    @ona907 Před 6 lety +11

    What a legend!

  • @DaveDexterMusic
    @DaveDexterMusic Před 2 lety +6

    "It's very clever, this bit particularly" *gestures at entire calculation*

  • @Scubadooper
    @Scubadooper Před 2 lety +12

    Knowing his 8x table, clever!
    8x8 = 64
    1/8 = 0.125
    Using the 1 before dividing by 2 (100/50) to bring it up from 812.5 to 813
    Very clever

  • @lordrosemount
    @lordrosemount Před 2 lety +62

    Could this be the highest number ever reached in pursuit of a successful Countdown calculation? Strikes me that would be an interesting and notable record.

    • @annmaria
      @annmaria Před 2 lety

      czcams.com/video/pfa3MHLLSWI/video.html

    • @allylilith5605
      @allylilith5605 Před rokem +2

      I am sure numbers like 1000 or 950 have been reached easier

    • @MikeTaffet
      @MikeTaffet Před rokem +30

      @@allylilith5605I think they’re referring to the calculations getting into the 81,300 range

    • @allylilith5605
      @allylilith5605 Před rokem

      @@MikeTaffet oh fair point actually

    • @TheSivhead
      @TheSivhead Před 11 měsíci

      czcams.com/video/0q6PT4ad6BY/video.html.

  • @esclad
    @esclad Před 5 lety +1

    That's probably the most amazing numbers win I have ever seen on Countdown... ever!

    • @Sewingbee23
      @Sewingbee23 Před 5 lety +2

      Nah there's one better than this

    • @Nullifidian
      @Nullifidian Před 4 lety +1

      There's a similar one where George Ford solves a target of 940 using the four large numbers and 2 and 1 as the small. But still, Countdown doesn't have nearly enough four-large specialists.

    • @stuartharris2165
      @stuartharris2165 Před 4 lety

      @@Nullifidian The thing is that George Ford also went higher than he needed to. You could tell that Rachel had actually solved it when George had got to 1876, she moved to the left of the board expecting him to do 100/50 and then add 2, instead he multiplied by 50, then divided by 100 and added 2.

    • @Nullifidian
      @Nullifidian Před 4 lety

      @@stuartharris2165 So? You're not talking to someone who cares. It's mathematically the same process, obviously, or it couldn't get the same results. That fact is reason enough to let it pass however the person solving it chooses to do it. The important thing is that they knew how to solve it, which is something I suspect most of the people who insist on pulling them up about _how_ they solve it couldn't do themselves.

  • @liamholton8937
    @liamholton8937 Před 5 lety +317

    All I got was Tnetennba.....

  • @charleyyy95
    @charleyyy95 Před 5 lety +22

    Episode 4051 (3200 shows later was on the 1st episode of 2019).

  • @trekker3382
    @trekker3382 Před 4 lety +1

    that is superb. any more of those?

  • @oludotunjohnshowemimo434
    @oludotunjohnshowemimo434 Před 4 lety +23

    Now this was the proper Countdown with Carol Voderman and the late Richard Whiteley.

  • @beatnikmary
    @beatnikmary Před 5 lety +6

    This guy came on as a guest team member on Cats Does Countdown one time.

  • @connorism69
    @connorism69 Před 3 lety +3

    Lol, I got this one, but not within the 30 seconds... This guy is too good.

  • @tanm3051
    @tanm3051 Před 4 lety +346

    Why is her name in the title when she’s just gonna take his word on the maths🙄

    • @XxCauzhavokxX
      @XxCauzhavokxX Před 4 lety +13

      Rachel wouldve know that.

    • @jamiengo2343
      @jamiengo2343 Před 4 lety +7

      Transit Money Card well no I think she did sort of know. 26 times 5 is 130, so you simply add the appropriate zeroes really. 16 times 5 is 80, add the appropriate zeroes, combine them and yeah he’s right

    • @Spacesnakes474
      @Spacesnakes474 Před 3 lety +6

      @@jamiengo2343 I mean she was literally saying she was taking his word for it...

    • @jamiengo2343
      @jamiengo2343 Před 3 lety +3

      Tiger474 it was more something you say instinctively, you know, when you’re doing something quickly and someone says something and you just respond

    • @skyline_supra_guy3756
      @skyline_supra_guy3756 Před 3 lety

      1626 * 100 = 162600 therefore 1626 * 50 = 1/2 or 81300 / 100 = 813

  • @michaelobrien9825
    @michaelobrien9825 Před 2 lety

    ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT

  • @kevinlongman007
    @kevinlongman007 Před 4 lety +12

    The title of the video suggests Vorderman did this calculation.

  • @Egg-mw6iq
    @Egg-mw6iq Před 3 lety +56

    Why the hell are these reply chains all arguing about whether Rachel riley or Carol vorderman is better at maths? They're both good and both hot, not much more to it.

    • @TheNuclearBolton
      @TheNuclearBolton Před 3 lety +7

      Rachel Riley is better

    • @pjcamp1on
      @pjcamp1on Před 3 lety

      @@TheNuclearBolton are you still talking about maths?

    • @TheNuclearBolton
      @TheNuclearBolton Před 3 lety +2

      @@pjcamp1on yes, why? I think women who can do basic arithmetic in their heads are the bees knees.

    • @sp-pz8uc
      @sp-pz8uc Před 2 lety

      Carol's better at funeral advertisements. But Rachel might be in 30 years.

    • @CIMAmotor
      @CIMAmotor Před 2 lety

      i like the fit Jewish one.

  • @ababbington1
    @ababbington1 Před 2 měsíci +1

    We still miss you Richard. R.I.P. 😢😊👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @tomjones6777
    @tomjones6777 Před rokem

    Love these !! 👍👍🙂🖖🇺🇸

  • @ddr_drogba777
    @ddr_drogba777 Před 3 lety +17

    That was good. But anyone who understands it can see how he put it. He could have simply divided 100 by 50 & then divided 1626 by 2. The real amazing step for me was how he got fo 1626! BONKERS

    • @Nullifidian
      @Nullifidian Před 3 lety +3

      His method for getting to 1626 is based on the fact that you can make 937.5 with the four large numbers: 75 x 50 x 25 / 100 = 937.5. Now, that looks like it's miles away from the target, but by distributing in the 10 first, he does the equivalent of 75 x 25 - 25 x 10 = 1625, and since he knows that he's going to be doing the equivalent of division by two (50 / 100 = 1 / 2) that it will turn into 937.5 - 125 = 812.5. Now he needs to add something that will be equal to 0.5 when it's divided by two. In other words, he needs a 1 - and he has a 1. So (75 x 25 + 1) x 50 / 100 = 813.

    • @ViceroyoftheDiptera
      @ViceroyoftheDiptera Před 2 lety +1

      Thanks captain obvious.

  • @dcrazypersiancat
    @dcrazypersiancat Před 5 lety +7

    Admit it or not, John is brilliant!

  • @frankford1115
    @frankford1115 Před 2 lety +1

    Well done young man!

  • @mjtunstall1976
    @mjtunstall1976 Před 6 měsíci

    we have heard of divide and conquer but this is an perfect sample of multipy and attack!

  • @ilovefacebookandebay
    @ilovefacebookandebay Před 6 lety +22

    30 seconds. Bloody hell. It would have taken me two years to figure out !!!

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye Před měsícem +1

      Your comment was 6 years ago and I am still not quite there yet/...

  • @ParthaDey97
    @ParthaDey97 Před 10 lety +81

    Very clever! He didn't need to multiply by 50 and divide by 100, but it makes it looks all the more impressive! :)
    ((75-10) x 25) + 1) / (100/50)
    Amazing work in 30 seconds :D

    • @ginger5422
      @ginger5422 Před 6 lety +10

      AT the start of the equation would have 3 brackets not 2

    • @hughmcilveen2235
      @hughmcilveen2235 Před 5 lety

      No, he had to divide that way. He can only use the numbers on the board.

    • @alandunstan5485
      @alandunstan5485 Před 4 lety +5

      @@hughmcilveen2235 if that is the case, he couldn't have done the multiplication either since 65 is not on the board either!!

    • @alandunstan5485
      @alandunstan5485 Před 4 lety

      @Justin My comment was only directed to Hugh and referenced his 2nd sentence. Please read it and tell me what you think it says.

    • @bipolarminddroppings
      @bipolarminddroppings Před 3 lety +5

      @@hughmcilveen2235 No he didn't. You can use the numbers you generate by doing operations, he literally did it in his explanation. So he had the choice to do 100/50=2, 1626/2=813.

  • @samuellawrence5927
    @samuellawrence5927 Před 4 lety +2

    This is amazing wow

  • @penguinkaiser
    @penguinkaiser Před 3 lety +2

    Carol's gone, Richard's gone (RIP) and Susie thankfully is still there, being as clever, nice and beautiful as always.

    • @FanofAslan
      @FanofAslan Před 3 lety +2

      Susie now does a podcast called Something rhymes with purple.

    • @penguinkaiser
      @penguinkaiser Před 3 lety +1

      @@FanofAslan Yes! I’m a regular listener, plus she has a new book “Word Perfect” which is fantastic.

  • @dazthemod69
    @dazthemod69 Před 3 lety +8

    I bet he’s a master of street countdown

  • @mclarenguy22
    @mclarenguy22 Před 10 lety +45

    81,300 must be the highest solution in Countdown history!

    • @QwertyScream
      @QwertyScream Před rokem +2

      The highest intermediate total was during Series 71, during George Ford's second game. He went as high as 97,500

  • @hulkafish
    @hulkafish Před 5 lety

    OMG, love it.

  • @Squab1972
    @Squab1972 Před 9 lety

    Amazing solve

  • @zylo4029
    @zylo4029 Před 2 lety +7

    I thought I did well with 811. Then I realised that was with several minutes and not only did he beat me, he did in the spotlight and in 30 seconds

  • @wwerocksinstyle
    @wwerocksinstyle Před 3 lety +22

    he used a standard technique for 4 big numbers. by adjusting by small values the following: (25*75)/(100*50)=937.5 you can reach most high numbers alot easier than just using regular intuition, often making your answer more accurate. Nicely done!

    • @chrismulhern82
      @chrismulhern82 Před 3 lety +4

      25x75=1875
      and 50x100=5000
      So how do you get to 937.5 ?

    • @Nullifidian
      @Nullifidian Před 3 lety +5

      @@chrismulhern82 I'm pretty sure he meant to type (100/50).
      In fact, the 937.5 rule can generally be stated as 75 x 50 x 25 / 100, so you don't have to just use 100 / 50 = 2 but can also use 100 / 25 = 4 and even 75 / 100. The last is the least useful since it only allows you to reach targets that are multiples of 3, but sometimes it's the only solution that works.
      For example, the problem 100, 75, 50, 25, 7, 5 --> 849 can only be solved in the following way:
      50 - 5 = 45
      45 x 25 = 1125
      1125 + 7 = 1132
      1132 x 75 = 84900
      84900 / 100 = 849

    • @terrythekittieful
      @terrythekittieful Před rokem +1

      The Australian queen of numbers Lily Serna (Letters and Numbers, SBS tv) has done that a few times and it never gets boring.

  • @CodingAbroad
    @CodingAbroad Před 2 lety +1

    This was a nice set

  • @kurtistraynor8452
    @kurtistraynor8452 Před 3 lety

    Absolute beast mode!

  • @markjeffers4663
    @markjeffers4663 Před 4 lety +3

    Frigging unreal how he worked that out

    • @Edward-qe8xg
      @Edward-qe8xg Před 4 lety

      The first part was, the 2nd part was just a long way of dividing by 2, by x100 and /50, which is possible by just doing 100/50 to get 2 and dividing the number by 2. Basically just showing off unnecessarily, but still impressive with limited numbers

  • @Critchy39
    @Critchy39 Před 7 lety +4

    I was walking into a shopping centre a few weeks back, and out the corner of my eye I saw a lady approaching. So i instinctively stood back and held the door open. When I looked up, I saw carol vordermon smiling at me and saying "thank you"
    She's so beautiful when you see her up close

  • @slavetotherhythm2473
    @slavetotherhythm2473 Před 4 lety

    Impressive, good luck to him

  • @tonybrown72
    @tonybrown72 Před 2 lety

    Fantastic

  • @OldDistantHermit
    @OldDistantHermit Před 4 lety +3

    When I got my wisdom teeth out 3 years ago I discovered this show and spent my time in bed looking up every different clip I could find and this was the only one that stumped me. I probably spent two hours looking at it before giving up. This man's a mad lad for doing it in 30 sec

  • @lsbrother
    @lsbrother Před 5 lety +37

    What was impressive was that Vorderman clearly hadn't done it!

    • @Rk-xx1sg
      @Rk-xx1sg Před 3 lety

      she did it by dividing 1626/2 most likely

    • @ViceroyoftheDiptera
      @ViceroyoftheDiptera Před 2 lety +1

      @@Rk-xx1sg the final part is the trivial part. Getting 1626 is what’s hard; if she didn’t manage it (which it doesn’t seem she did), that’ll be where she missed out.

    • @Rk-xx1sg
      @Rk-xx1sg Před 2 lety

      @@ViceroyoftheDiptera okay

    • @JimmyBoosterCrate
      @JimmyBoosterCrate Před 2 lety

      @@Rk-xx1sg 1626/2 is definitely out of Carol's range. She's not that good. Rachel maybe could've got it

  • @jamiet2262
    @jamiet2262 Před 3 lety +1

    "What do you want to study at Cambridge?"
    "Cocktail sticks!"

  • @MadnessIncVP
    @MadnessIncVP Před 3 lety +1

    1:22 *Well bloody done!*

  • @apbosh1
    @apbosh1 Před 3 lety +9

    It must be great to do maths that quickly in your mind. Sadly something i will never experience but wow. I can make a nice spag bol, have to settle for that!

  • @morganwhymark3293
    @morganwhymark3293 Před 4 lety +3

    Damn I would have only got 814... 813 that's clever!

    • @Debbie76
      @Debbie76 Před 2 lety

      Me too. I thought I was good getting that in the 30 seconds 🙂

  • @josephmathmusic
    @josephmathmusic Před 2 lety +1

    The 1626 is really clever. The × 50 / 100 is just for fun we can divide by (100/50)...

  • @sp-pz8uc
    @sp-pz8uc Před 2 lety +1

    You can tell she's pissed, for him getting it, when she couldn't.

  • @Deady2012
    @Deady2012 Před 4 lety +14

    He’ll be alright at homeschooling...

  • @mygoogle7684
    @mygoogle7684 Před 4 lety +9

    Nervous laughter from Carol indicating that she cant keep up.

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye Před 3 lety

      I love Carol but unlike Rachel she never could keep up.
      Saw her asked an easy maths question on Would I Lie To You and she could not answer it !

  • @Wimpleman
    @Wimpleman Před 9 měsíci

    I got 814 and am relatively proud of that, but this is incredible!

  • @Stop_Elitists_Wars
    @Stop_Elitists_Wars Před 3 lety +2

    Humble 💯

  • @ravington666
    @ravington666 Před rokem +8

    Mind boggling....even Carol gave up on his calculations !

    • @josephkane7805
      @josephkane7805 Před 7 měsíci

      Lol. That's the first thing I noticed too. I'll take your word for it on this.

  • @LiamEFC.
    @LiamEFC. Před 4 lety +3

    could have divided 50 by 100 for 2 and then 1626 / 2 , but great job 😁

    • @LiamEFC.
      @LiamEFC. Před 4 lety +5

      or even better 100/50 for 2. Apparently I can't do maths lol

  • @princianorvz
    @princianorvz Před rokem

    Teapot for this guy! I love Complicated numbers!!!

  • @Mindhumble
    @Mindhumble Před 3 lety +2

    Just watched this when i woke up... going back to sleep.

  • @ddrolet9978
    @ddrolet9978 Před 5 lety +70

    "I'll take your word for it" no wonder they got Rachel Riley on instead

    • @marcpower4167
      @marcpower4167 Před 5 lety +6

      DDrolet997 I'm sure someone backstage confirmed with a calculator.

    • @sabre22b
      @sabre22b Před 4 lety

      Yuh, an upgrade intellectually at least.

    • @mattcullen6109
      @mattcullen6109 Před 4 lety +3

      Yep live seen Riley unable to solve an equation. I guess Carol didn't need to try to show off

    • @madabbafan
      @madabbafan Před 4 lety

      No they got her only because Carol quit (several years after this episode was shown). I've seen that Riley female fail far more times that Carol did.

    • @bipolarminddroppings
      @bipolarminddroppings Před 3 lety

      If you think she didn't already know how he would finish it when he said multiply by 50, you've clearly not seen much of Carol Vorderman. She knows he's right, and that the next thing he is going to do is divide by 100 because she can already see the simple solution of 100/50=2, 1626/2 = 813. Therefore, (1626*50)/100 is also 813, it's the same operation as before just rearranged, that's how maths works. She knows that he is correct because if the final answer is 813 and all he has left is 100, so he's clearly going be dividing by it, so 1626*50 must be 81,300.

  • @asphinctersayswott
    @asphinctersayswott Před 7 lety +209

    I got 211

    • @namxxn
      @namxxn Před 3 lety +1

      LMAO 211 LIKES IM CRYING

    • @CmonInn
      @CmonInn Před 3 lety

      @@namxxn yes crazy

  • @lukehanis2397
    @lukehanis2397 Před 3 lety

    That is some crazy mental arithmetic!

  • @kieranmahoney4446
    @kieranmahoney4446 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Countdown showboating love it

  • @tonybidwell2582
    @tonybidwell2582 Před 5 lety +24

    1:22 What a show-off! LMAO

    • @yatoproductions163
      @yatoproductions163 Před 4 lety

      Well he didnt need to know what 1626 times 50 was, he simply needed to know 1626 was twice 813 which was the goal number. Thus is becuase timesing 1626 by 50 then dividing by 100 is equivalent to dividing 1626 by 2.

    • @jamiesimms7084
      @jamiesimms7084 Před 4 lety

      @@yatoproductions163 1 times 50 is 50 and if you divided 50 by 100 it's 0.05 which is the same as dividing 1 by 2

  • @eksiarvamus
    @eksiarvamus Před 6 měsíci +3

    The way it is shown here makes it way more complicated than it really is. He could have divided 100 by 50 and gotten a 2 which he could have used to divide 1626 with.

    • @alexf7377
      @alexf7377 Před 4 měsíci

      He knew that of course. In modern lingo, it's what they call a flex, i.e. showing off.

  • @LondonTom007
    @LondonTom007 Před 3 lety

    Amazing

  • @Celtic2Realms
    @Celtic2Realms Před 3 lety

    Very good

  • @SteveNinetyski
    @SteveNinetyski Před 4 lety +4

    By my calculation, Carol would fucking get it.

    • @JimmyBoosterCrate
      @JimmyBoosterCrate Před 2 lety

      Carol wasn't good enough for huge numbers. Look at the 952 video, she's overwhelmed. Rachel would have had more of a shot

  • @patthewoodboy
    @patthewoodboy Před 3 lety +7

    I'm taking your word for it .. proves she isnt such a maths expert

    • @pauldavis5665
      @pauldavis5665 Před 3 lety +3

      I know right. 1626 x 50 is very easy to do in your head. Just do 1626 x 100 which is simple, just add two 0's. Then cut it in half. What is so hard lady?

  • @CaptainCapital8
    @CaptainCapital8 Před 3 lety

    BRILLIANCE

  • @samuellawrence5927
    @samuellawrence5927 Před 4 lety +1

    nice amazing

  • @stephentrudgeon2646
    @stephentrudgeon2646 Před 4 lety +30

    I paused this for 5 mins, still nowhere near, pretty impressive

  • @alext2933
    @alext2933 Před 5 lety +23

    I knew someone who worked on the floor of the show and know for a fact that she had longer to do this than the show would suggest. She took breaks sometimes. She was an engineer after all. Now, Rachel Riley however, is the real deal.

    • @DerbJd
      @DerbJd Před 4 lety +3

      Alex Tomlins except carol is a private pilot and isn’t a pro Zionist pig.

    • @randomunavailable
      @randomunavailable Před 4 lety

      @@DerbJd We have our eye on you.

    • @DeanMoxley87
      @DeanMoxley87 Před 2 lety +4

      I’ve been at a cats does countdown and Rachel Riley was given time to work something out on the board and they cut back and filmed after the initial filming took place

  • @Robby334
    @Robby334 Před 2 lety +1

    Great presenters RIP Richard

  • @cassandrawalsh4421
    @cassandrawalsh4421 Před 27 dny

    Great!

  • @tonelemoan
    @tonelemoan Před 3 lety +8

    "Carol you're literally laughing at numbers."

  • @jeremyslaney5644
    @jeremyslaney5644 Před 5 lety +4

    I thought that I had done quite well in attaining 811
    100+50=150
    150/25=6
    75+6=81
    81×10=810
    810+1=811

  • @EarthUPC
    @EarthUPC Před 5 lety

    That was dope

  • @judchiang
    @judchiang Před 2 lety

    Well done sir

  • @bravo2966
    @bravo2966 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Once he got to 1626 he knew all he had to do was divide by 2. He could get the 2 by 100/50 of course, but a fancier way is multiply by 50 then divide by 100.
    Knowing the result will be 813 you know the multiply by 50 will give the 81300.
    Very very clever chap to come up with that in 30 seconds, though of course it's a solid knowledge of his 25 x table.

  • @msolec2000
    @msolec2000 Před 6 lety +4

    I had gotten a decent 814
    (75+1) * 10 + 50 + (100/25)

  • @beaufighter245
    @beaufighter245 Před 3 lety

    Brilliant

  • @stephenmanuel9860
    @stephenmanuel9860 Před 4 lety +2

    CZcams Recommendation Roulette favours me tonight, it seems.