Countdown Game Show - Number Rounds (19 September 2023)
Colin Murray and Rachel Riley host as contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers. Chris McCausland 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.
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To lose with 100 points, amazing.
Surprised Rachel didn't find the "x7" route: 10 x 5 = 50 50 - 5 = 45 45 + 75 = 120 120 + 2 = 122 122 x 7 = 854
@easternbrown
9 ай бұрын
Yes it's strange, it's pretty intuitive as all the numbers come out in the right order to see it as well
@andyrobertshaw9120
9 ай бұрын
I was surprised by this as well!
@jamiewheeler4681
9 ай бұрын
I got there by doing: 5 x 10 = 50 50 + 75 = 125 125 + 2 - 5 = 122 122 x 7 = 854
@benshaw224
9 ай бұрын
Slight variation, 5x10=50, 75+50=125, 5-2=3, 125-3=122, 122x7=854
@jennywolswinkel8548
5 ай бұрын
7+5 = 12 12 x (75 - (5-2) = 864 864 - 10 = 854 Took me a minute or so, though
"Is it divisible by 7?" From Chris in Dictionary Corner. 😀😀
I love when you upload these, thanks!
Alternate solution for 854: 75-5=70 70+2=72 5+7=12 12*72=864 864-10=854
LET'S HAVE A LOOK!, YES! 8:38
She's very good
Haha, after the second one, divisible by 7 was the first thing I checked for the 3rd - surprised Rachel didn't see it! (Although she did have time to both not find that, and also find the way she did, so still way ahead of me) 5 x10 = 50 75 + 50 = 125 5-2 = 3 125 - 3 = 122 122 x 7 = 854
854 /7 = 122 122-75 = 47 (5*10) - (5-2) = 47.
For 539 she could have also gone 8-3 for 11, 9-2 for 7, then 11x7 for 77 which times 7 is 539. This seems a little more elegant as it produces the prime factors, but it also brings to mind that we should forgive her a slightly off day on the 7s.
@TheSpotify95
9 ай бұрын
I went for 77 x 7, knowing that 9 x 8 x 7 = 504, and if you add on the 5 (3 + 2) before multiplying by the last 7, you can do it exactly.
@ciderfan823
9 ай бұрын
I went [(9*9)-(8/2)]*7 which ends up as 77*7
@mremumerm
7 ай бұрын
i noticed it was divisible by 11, before the 7 :-) so same but 7* (9-2)=49 times the 11
For 377 I got 5x75=375 8-7=1+1=2 and add that on.
I'm so useless with all small numbers.
539 divisible by 11: 11x49; 9-2=7; 7x7=49; 49x11=539
For 377: 75 × 5 = 375 375 + 1 + (8 - 7) = *_377_*
854: 10 * 5 = 50 5 - 2 = 3 50 - 3 = 47 75 + 47 = 122 122 * 7 = 854 75 + 10 = 85 85 * 5 = 425 425 + 2 = 427 7 - 5 = 2 427 * 2 = 854 72 + 2 = 77 5 / 5 = 1 10 + 1 = 11 77 * 11 = 847 847 + 7 = 854
Is 854 divisible by 7, Chris? Thank you very much. 75+(5*10)-5+2=122*7.
Round 1 (75 x 5) + (10 - 8) Round 2 (9 x 9 - 3) x 7 - (8 - 2) = 540 Round 3 (5 x 10 + 75 - (5 - 2)) x 7 Round 4 10 x 9 + 50 + 2
142: 10 * 9 = 90 90 + 50 + 2 = 142 10 + 6 = 16 50 / 10 = 5 16 * 5 = 80 80 - 9 = 71 71 * 2 = 142 50 / 10 = 5 9 + 5 = 14 14 * 10 = 140 140 + 2 = 142 10 - 9 = 1 50 - 1 = 49 49 * 6 = 294 294 - 10 = 284 284 / 2 = 142
@ShDynasty_Comma_To_The_Top
8 ай бұрын
10x10=100 9-2=7 7-6=42 100+42
The 539 isn't even all that difficult if you stick to "use what you have". You can see within a second that dividing by 9 or by 8 won't give you a direct solution, so you try 7 and notice that it works. And then you can do the same with 854 which has the 10 that does not give a direct solution, so again, try 7 and bingo. Obviously, most of the time dividing by 7 won't give you a direct solution either, but practising the 7x table is still quiet helpful for this game.
75+10=85 85×5=425 425+2=427 7-5=2 427×2=854
854=2×(5×(75+10)+7-5)
I don't watch very often, do you get extra credit for using all the numbers, because I just did 75 x 5 + 10 - 8
@VancouverAvatar
9 ай бұрын
No but he said his son (watching at home) would give him a bonus point if he used all the numbers. Sometimes contestants like to show off by using all of the numbers and it's annoying as it just wastes everyone's time. One thing I like about Colin is that he's criticized people for doing that in the past. In this case, the contestant had a personal reason for doing so but it was still unnecessary.
@ricksimon9867
7 ай бұрын
@@VancouverAvatar *pretended to have a personal reason
8 x 7 = 56 56 + 3 = 59 59 x 9 = 531 531 + 9 = 538 One away from 539
Not much in the goody bag now!
854 😅
377: 75 * 5 = 375 10 - 8 = 2 375 + 2 = 377 75 - 1 = 74 74 * 5 = 370 370 + 7 = 377 7 * 5 = 35 10 + 1 = 11 35 * 11 = 385 385 - 8 = 377
75-1 = 74X5 = 370+7 = 377 10+1 = 11X7 = 77X5 = 385-8 = 377 8+3 = 11 9-2 = 7X11 = 77X7 = 539 9-2 = 7X7 = 49 8+3 = 11X49 = 539 75-5 = 70 10X5 = 50+70+2 = 122X7 = 854 7-5 = 2 75+10 = 85X5 = 425+2 = 427X2 = 854 10+10+6 = 26X9 = 234+50 = 284÷2 = 142 10+6 = 16 50÷10 = 5X16 = 80-9 = 71X2 = 142
539 = (9*9-8/2)*7