@@MrSniperfox29 whenever a contestant picks all 4 large numbers. That means that if the target is around 250 that means you’ll be able to get to at least within 10 by adding them up as the four large added together makes 250
I did it how she did it. I didn't realise until the clock ended that you can just add them all lol. Sometimes when there's a solution that's TOO simple, the expectation of having to work one out can distract you.
I admittedly did it the "hard way," the way Linda did it. I NEVER would have thought to just add the numbers up like Steve did, as that had never happened before. Still, great job to both!
I did it the hard way! I can't believe you can just add them all up. Mind blown. And when Carol said that'd never happened before. I wonder if it's happened since. What are the odds?!
Less than 1 in 900. The target is any number from 100 to 999, but there's a chance that the numbers might add up to less than 100 making it impossible.
Most people in the comments genuinely enjoy doing the numbers and share their solutions with others. I do it too sometimes. There's even a whole subreddit for the number games, so I wouldn't say people do it to look smart tbh
Not really. Assuming the numbers selected add up to more than 100 anyway, which they won’t do if you pick 6 small or even most 1 large selections. There are 900 possible target numbers that can appear (100 thru 999, and yes 100 has been a target number before so it is the lowest target number) so the chances of that exact target number being the sum of all the selected numbers (assuming it’s even possible) is 1 in 900. Obviously pretty small odds compared to some things but not what I’d call astronomical.
At these odds of 1/900 It's likely to crop up at least once if they play the numbers game 624 times or more with numbers totalling over 100 (even with the common selection of one large and five small you probably meet it half the time). Given that they play more than one numbers round per episode, and there are already more than 7000 episodes of Countdown, it's very likely has happened on other occasions (assuming the number generator and selection is genuinely random). This time they noticed but maybe if a more conventional solution was available it may well have passed unobserved (perhaps the presence of four large numbers makes it more likely for someone to pick it up).
I did 2 + 1 = 3 3 x 100 = 300 300 -50 = 250 75/25 = 3 250 +3 = 253 Expecting that solution then he said just add them up and I looked at them again, what is he talking about? There's no way that'll ... *facepalm* WHAATTTTTT!!!!!!
@Nullifidian Thanks for that link, but the computer's a cheat - it keeps using powers (4^2, etc) which isn't allowed on Countdown, so I've won...but it won't have it
Well, there's 900 different numbers, so that would be one in 900. But not every set of numbers will give you a sum higher than 99, so the odds are even lower.
Now if one of those contestants had been any chancellor of the exchequer then I guarantee not only would he not have gotten it but the fact he didn't would have resulted in the Bank of England having to raise interest rates and raise the rate of inflation!
Newsflash: no one is impressed that you can solve the numbers game in a CZcams comments section since the whole point of it is to complete it in 30 seconds while under pressure in a TV studio. The games are all just basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, it's not impressive to be able to solve it, unless you do so under the above conditions.
Telling people you're not impressed that they manage to solve the easiest numbers game of all time without a time limit or studio pressure. I'm just saying no one would have had any issue solving this, regardless of time limit or pressure. Other, harder numbers games, sure. This one, no.
Trust me, even an easyish game is harder under the studio lights, letters and conundrums aren't so different as words tend to jump out at you but for some reason you find yourself doubting your method as you don't want to look a fool for completely ballsing up a game
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@@Greylobster if you look closely it spells “run”
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I did the "hard way". Never thought you can add all them up. No wonder I'm stupid.
Same, took me a minute to realise you could just add them up
@@MrSniperfox29 whenever a contestant picks all 4 large numbers. That means that if the target is around 250 that means you’ll be able to get to at least within 10 by adding them up as the four large added together makes 250
Don't worry, I didn't get it either (the easy way or the hard way).
I did it how she did it. I didn't realise until the clock ended that you can just add them all lol. Sometimes when there's a solution that's TOO simple, the expectation of having to work one out can distract you.
Literally adding up all the numbers to get the result is extremely rare. So we just don't try that, because it never happens
I admittedly did it the "hard way," the way Linda did it. I NEVER would have thought to just add the numbers up like Steve did, as that had never happened before. Still, great job to both!
I saw the 1+2=3 first, then thought "so how to get the other......oh"
Same and I was like how the hell I’m I getting this? And then when I saw the 25 and 75 I immediately knew
I did it the hard way! I can't believe you can just add them all up. Mind blown. And when Carol said that'd never happened before. I wonder if it's happened since. What are the odds?!
Less than 1 in 900.
The target is any number from 100 to 999, but there's a chance that the numbers might add up to less than 100 making it impossible.
I did what she did! I thought I was being smart figuring out 75 ÷ 25 = 3 😂 Seriously I'm so bad at maths 😂😂❤
don't feel bad, I took me a bit to see that too.
I did it the hard way too.
I did what you did! If I was on the show at that time, I would buzz before 1 second even went by!
I did 100 * (75 / 25) - 50 + 1 + 2
I did 75/25 is 3, times 100 is 300, -50 is 250, +1+2 is 253.
Same
Way to complicate XD
Same.
I think I also found another way: 75x2=150,150+100=250. 50/25=2, 250+ 2=252.252+1=253.
Can't use 2 twice
@@youngdolo8 Lol your not very smart are you
he didn’t use 2 twice he made a two and used a 2 the strategy is correct
Good one!
You can do what Linda did and then divide the whole thing by 1 to use all the numbers.
Or multiply by 1
It was nice to see Edna Krabapple open the show.
Countdown's numbers lady's named Vorderman? I've been calling her Carol Kester!
I added them all up with seconds to spare. Never felt so clever.
I did it the "hard way". 2x100 +50 +(75/25)
I did it completely differently, 1+2+50+75+27+100
Mr2at you used the 2 twice. You meant 25.
You didn't do it differently.... you did exactly of what he did ( btw 27 wasn't in it)
+Calum Smith That's the joke.
75÷25 = 3
3×100 = 300
300+1+2-50
253
You guys:
The joke: Woooooooosh --->
🙂
I did her way.
czcams.com/video/onWf4_yl-pY/video.html&t=50s
I like how people are trying to look smart by posting solutions in the comments.
nice username bro
Most people in the comments genuinely enjoy doing the numbers and share their solutions with others. I do it too sometimes. There's even a whole subreddit for the number games, so I wouldn't say people do it to look smart tbh
Look smart, no. Be a wise guy, absolutely. Wasn't Kai notorious for that?
im not smart i used a calculator and i did 100/4 = 4 x 75 = 300 - 50 + 1+2 = 253
It's an easy one, anyway, so I doubt if people are "trying to look smart".
2+1=3
3x100=300
300-50=250
75/25=3
250+3=253
Add the whole lot up and you get there. Nice one :)
There was an episode from 1999 where a contestant got 1 away by adding all 6 number.
There was also an episode in 1346 but it wasn’t televised.
@@howardsend6589 Ask who Joe is
From Monday 8th December 2003 and episode 3735 as of Tuesday 6th July 2003 in Series 52.
This is Episode 3739 (the 230th show of 2003).
I did it the same as Linda!
There is also a less easy way to do it
2*100=200
200+50=250
75/25=3
250+3=253
I just added them all up as well.
Add all of them
I literally done 75 divided by 25 is 3. 100x2 is 200, add the 50 and the 3. And then he just went and added everyone together.
Good morning, that's a nice tnettenba
So easy a caveman can do it.
I did it her way, but I multiplied the 50 by the 1 first.
Just to use all six.
I added all. No idea why but I am smiling like crazy
Add 'em up
Add 'em up.
Add em all up
I did it the hard way. Seems like we all did, so was it really "hard"?
I've met people like Linda.
I did it as 100 / 25 = 4
4 * 75 = 300
300 - 50 = 250
250 + 1 + 2 = 253
That's Numberwang!
100+25+75=200
200+50=250
250+1+2=253
Nice and easy and used all numbers!
Made her hard way look easy
75/25 = 3 X 50 = 150
150 + 100 = 250
250 +2 + 1 = 253
i did 1 + 1 + 1 +... = 253
also anyone else think this game is easy a lot of the time
75x(100x25)+2+1-50
I just added all 6 together
The odds on that happening must be astronomical
Not really. Assuming the numbers selected add up to more than 100 anyway, which they won’t do if you pick 6 small or even most 1 large selections. There are 900 possible target numbers that can appear (100 thru 999, and yes 100 has been a target number before so it is the lowest target number) so the chances of that exact target number being the sum of all the selected numbers (assuming it’s even possible) is 1 in 900. Obviously pretty small odds compared to some things but not what I’d call astronomical.
At these odds of 1/900 It's likely to crop up at least once if they play the numbers game 624 times or more with numbers totalling over 100 (even with the common selection of one large and five small you probably meet it half the time). Given that they play more than one numbers round per episode, and there are already more than 7000 episodes of Countdown, it's very likely has happened on other occasions (assuming the number generator and selection is genuinely random). This time they noticed but maybe if a more conventional solution was available it may well have passed unobserved (perhaps the presence of four large numbers makes it more likely for someone to pick it up).
I did 75/25 = 3 2*100 =200 200+3+50
I'm gonna tweet rachel and find out if theres a way to find the odds of this happening...
I want to say 1/899, but not all sets of tiles add up to a playable number. It's probably somewhere around 1/1500.
75/25 = 3
100*3 =300
300-50 = 250
250+1+2 =253
100 x 25 = 250 1+2 = 3+250 = 253
So quick add up and we're there...
Only opened link to comment.
100+75+50+25+2+1 = 253 so the sum all of the numbers is 253
Heh I did 100 x 2 = 200 + 50 = 250. 75 / 25 = 3. 250 + 3 = 253. Then they say you can just add all the numbers and I facepalmed.
I did 2 + 1 = 3
3 x 100 = 300
300 -50 = 250
75/25 = 3
250 +3 = 253
Expecting that solution then he said just add them up and I looked at them again, what is he talking about? There's no way that'll ... *facepalm* WHAATTTTTT!!!!!!
Why did Carol always get annoyed with people choosing all the four large ones?
Well that makes me thinking what if they put in 6 large ones aswell. If so I'd count 10 as a large number
@Nullifidian Thanks for that link, but the computer's a cheat - it keeps using powers (4^2, etc) which isn't allowed on Countdown, so I've won...but it won't have it
@Nullifidian My indignation is not entirely genuine 😉
Isn't that guy a human ventriloquist dummy? Specialises in river dance?
MrAjerguy Yes!!!I knew he looked familiar!
I'm either so smart, or too dumb. But I added them all up for it.
(100+(75/25)+(50)(1+2))
100 * 25 is 250 + 1 + 2 👍 Edit or do you have to use all the numbers?
josiah O'Neill 100 * 25 is 2500
@@harrymeaking8933 :-( ... Dammit. Probably 1am math.
Lol, you must be tired or something, cause 100 * 25 is 2,500, not 250
75/25 = 3
(3 x 100) - 50 = 250
250 + 1 + 2 = 253
ugh. I did 100/25*75-50+1+2
Nope 100/25 is 4*75 is 300+50+1+2=352 well done 100 of
Xanonyme lol
This is a bit of a “tenettenba” moment
Episode 3739, and can you find 8th Mar’ 1994 with Round 4 please (I’m begging you).
Ah yes, Episode 1504, the only time you could get the target with one number :)
I did 2 x 100 add 50 . is 250 . 75 ÷ 25 is. 3 add for 253. Had few beers might be wrong.
I wonder what the odds are for something like this to happen again.
Well, there's 900 different numbers, so that would be one in 900.
But not every set of numbers will give you a sum higher than 99, so the odds are even lower.
O started with 100+25+75+50=250 then thought can I get a 3? Oh, yeah.
I did it in a second such an easy solution
So I added up the 100, 25, 75, 50 and the 2 then I panicked for 25 seconds then added the 1
I did hard way too
LOL just add them up to get the result!!
Damn I also did it the hard way 😅
I would've got it straight away. I just know
75/25=3
3*100=300
300-50+1+2=253
50-0 = 5 plus the 2 and the 3 is 253
You cant do that also you cant do 50 - 0 or + the 3 because they weren't one of the numbers
That would be 523. You'd need to make the 5 first then do 2+5+3.
Close though!
Hilarious. Who'd have thought this would come up.... + + + + + =
I did 50+1+2 25 +75 add the 100
Why was there snoring in the background
100x2= 200 75/25=3 +50 +3
100x2=200+75= 275-25=250
75+50=125, 125x2=250, 100/25=4, 4-1+250= 253
That’s how I did it too.
I didn't get it
Actually, the hard way (aka what I did) was [(100*75)/25]-50+2+1.
Now that's just showing off! I like it.
That's just 100 x 3 - 50 + 2 + 1 lmao. You have redundant parentheses btw
That took me far to damn long!
Now if one of those contestants had been any chancellor of the exchequer then I guarantee not only would he not have gotten it but the fact he didn't would have resulted in the Bank of England having to raise interest rates and raise the rate of inflation!
I did 2 * 100
Then 200 + 50
Then 75 / 25
Then 250 + 3
Un Named
75x2=150
150+100=250
250+2=252
252+1=253
Pokemon Master haha didn't even notice
Pokemon Master Thanks 4 noticing lol
Serves him right for trying to be a smart arse
Yup he tried to be smart and the other contestant did it a more impressive way.
75-25 =50 x 50 = 250 +1 + 2 = 253
50x50 is 2,500 isn’t it.
I did the hardest way and it Pom me more than 30 seconds too, ((100/25)x75)-50+2+1
100/25=4
*75=300
-50=250
+1+2=253
4x75=300 -50=250 +1+2=253
123
67
Just add the numbers together.
Thanks for that.
Genius
I got 252.5
Newsflash: no one is impressed that you can solve the numbers game in a CZcams comments section since the whole point of it is to complete it in 30 seconds while under pressure in a TV studio. The games are all just basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, it's not impressive to be able to solve it, unless you do so under the above conditions.
Newsflash: No one failed this. Pressure or not.
I don't see what that has to do with my comment, but okay.
Telling people you're not impressed that they manage to solve the easiest numbers game of all time without a time limit or studio pressure. I'm just saying no one would have had any issue solving this, regardless of time limit or pressure. Other, harder numbers games, sure. This one, no.
But you expect people to be impressed by your claimed indifference? If you're so above it all, why did you post a comment in the first place?
Trust me, even an easyish game is harder under the studio lights, letters and conundrums aren't so different as words tend to jump out at you but for some reason you find yourself doubting your method as you don't want to look a fool for completely ballsing up a game
0:02 hah
I got 104
P
I did it the hard way ._.
I did 75÷25 is 3. 3 × 100 is 300. Take 50 is 250 then add 1 and 2. Now I just feel like an idiot
2+1=3
100x3=300
300-50=250
75 divided by 25=3
When the RNG is the sum of all six
That’s too easy! 100+25+75+50+1+2
253? Just add all the numbers together 😂
TheUKNutter we knew that.....
TheUKNutter we knew that.....
I feel dumb doing it the "hard way" and not realizing the easy way first. Anyone else?
I did it like 254-1=253
a whoops when CECIL produced the target from certain audience members who no doubt got it in 1 second