Countdown Game Show - Number Rounds (1 December 2023)

Colin Murray and Rachel Riley host as contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers. Richard Coles 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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[@eddieboyky]

I do enjoy these uploads. Thanks so much!

[@dahorn100011]

Im happy with my 444. 100*4. For 400. 5-3 is 2. 2*25. Total is 450. Minus the final 6. For 444

[@johnnyboy3949]

I did 3-2 for the 1! 😮

[@einSteppenwolf]

817=(75+1)/(6-2)×(50-7)

[@bearzerger]

817 = (75 - 7) * 6 * 2 + 1

[@CETVPhilippines]

Numbers Game #3 had another way to get to 750: 3+3+2+2 = 10 75 * 10 = 750

[@pauldobson2529]

Only one worth mentioning for me differed from Rachel's solution 817 = 7 x 75 + 6 x (50 - 1) - 2

[@huyxiun2085]

got that one in the 30 seconds, couldn't be more proud. (wouldn't have if on the show though)

[@Jothamvvw]

604: 50+6=300 5-3 and 10-8 are both 2, add one of the twos for 302 and multiply that by the other 2.

[@ramseyturner321]

There was also 50 (10+3) = 650. 5*8 = 40. 650 - 40 - 6 = 604.

[@fplbenchwarmers6144]

For the 817 one, I got; 75 x 7 = 525 50 - 1 = 49 49 x 6 = 294 525 + 294 = 819 819 - 2 = 817

[@djcaesar9114]

3:25 pure Moss move

[@medusa_404]

604: 50 + 8 + 3 = 61 61 * 10 = 610 610 - 6 = 604 50 * 6 = 300 300 + 10 - 8 = 302 (or 300 + 5 - 3 = 302) 5 - 3 = 2 (or 10 - 8 = 2) 302 * 2 = 604 10 + 3 = 13 50 * 13 = 650 8 * 5 = 40 650 - 40 - 6 = 604

[@willr1820]

i did 75- 7= 68, 6x2 =12x 68 = 816 +1= 817 only one i got actually

[@McNorskVA]

Most were easy enough, the best I had on the last round was: 75 + 25 = 125, - (6 + 2) for 117, 7 x 117 = 819, and take off 1 for *818*

[@JackOfHarts96]

75 + 25 is 100, mate.

[@JoeGrohlDJ]

@@JackOfHarts96 obviously means 75 + 50 though, as there wasn't a 25 and he used the 2 elsewhere.

[@JoeGrohlDJ]

Round 1 (10 + 3) x 50 - (8 x 5) - 6 Round 2 (100 + 5 + 6) x 4 Round 3 (3 + 3 + 2 + 2) x 75 Round 4 (75 - 7) x (2 x 6) + 1

[@djcaesar9114]

6:25 you can do (75-7)*(6*2)+1

[@mke723]

I got 818... (6x2)-1 is 11,*75 is 825, -7=818

[@sturgeon2888]

I had this on the last round and I am so proud: 75 - 7 = 68 68 * 6 = 408 408 + 1 = 409 409 * 2 = 818 I thought I even got 817 then realized that would be using the 1 twice.

[@logansuits2406]

Oh, you're so close! Just don't use the one at step 3! 75 - 7 = 68 68 * 6 = 408 408 * 2 = 816 816 + 1 = 817 Getting 818 still beats both contestants, though!

[@sturgeon2888]

@@logansuits2406 yeah, not sure how I could have missed that! Thanks!

[@BazYeah420]

817 75 + 6 = 81 2 × 50 = 100 81 × 100 = 810 810 + 7 = 817

[@Ima-hoot]

817: (75-7)x6x2 +1

[@davidfearis7335]

1:29 DANISTHE HANDIEST

[@awesomewill1882]

(75*2)*(3+2) = 750

[@medusa_404]

817: 75 * 7 = 525 50 - 1 = 49 49 * 6 = 294 525 + 294 - 2 = 817 75 - 2 = 73 73 * 7 = 511 50 + 1 = 51 51 * 6 = 306 511 + 306 = 817 50 * 2 = 100 100 + 6 = 106 106 * 7 = 742 742 + 75 = 817

[@Mark-co8it]

750. Use all 2+3=5 2+3=5 5÷5=1+9=10 ×75.

[@NhanNguyen-vb6sr]

50 * (10 + 6 / 3) + 5 = +1 (I'll take it. Could have gotten it, but no time) Complete miss here. 75 * (3 + 3 + 2 + 2) = 0 (there we are, back into the groove) And another miss.

[@medusa_404]

750: 3 / 3 = 1 (or 2 / 2 = 1, or 3 - 2 = 1) 9 + 1 = 10 75 * 10 = 750 3 + 3 + 2 + 2 = 10 75 * 10 = 750 3 * 2 = 6 75 + 6 + 2 = 83 83 * 9 = 747 747 + 3 = 750

[@pauldobson2529]

So many ways to get 10......2 x (3 + 2)...3 + 3 + 2 + 2....9 + 3 - 2

[@TheSpotify95]

3 + 3 + 2 + 2 = 10 x 75 = 750 #

[@justincoleman4133]

817 = ((75-7) x (6x2)) +1

[@Jonny-yh2nl]

yeah the same.... it was 900-84+1 in my head

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

50 times 6 is 300.

[@einSteppenwolf]

604=10×(50+8+3)-6

[@einSteppenwolf]

604=(5-3)×(6×50+10-8)

[@einSteppenwolf]

604=10×50+8×(3×6-5)

[@mpdacey]

Alternate (joke) solution for numbers #3: 3*3 = 9 9 + 9 + 2 = 20 20/2 = 10 75 * 10 = 750

[@Nullifidian]

In the first numbers round, I saw J. J.'s solution, but I also had these: 50 x 10 = 500 6 x 3 = 18 18 - 5 = 13 13 x 8 = 104 500 + 104 = 604 6 + 5 = 11 50 x 11 = 550 10 + 8 = 18 18 x 3 = 54 550 + 54 = 604 50 - 5 = 45 45 x 10 = 450 450 + 3 = 453 453 x 8 = 3624 3624 / 6 = 604 The last is based on the fact that 8 : 6 is a ratio of 4 : 3, so multiplying by 8 and dividing by 6 turns 453 into 604. In the second round, I again saw J. J.'s solution, but also had these: 25 x 3 = 75 75 + 4 = 79 79 - 5 = 74 74 x 6 = 444 25 x 5 = 125 100 / 4 = 25 125 + 25 = 150 150 x 3 = 450 450 - 6 = 444 25 - 3 = 22 100 x 22 = 2200 2200 / 5 - 440 440 + 4 = 444 In the third numbers round, I saw both contestants' solutions, and also saw that another way of making 10 was: 3 + 3 + 2 + 2 = 10 75 x 10 = 750 And I also had these solutions: 3 x 2 = 6 6 + 2 = 8 75 + 8 = 83 83 x 9 = 747 747 + 3 = 750 75 + 9 = 84 84 x 3 = 252 252 - 2 = 250 250 x 3 = 750 In the final numbers round, I saw Rachel's solution and also had these solutions: 75 - 7 = 68 68 x 6 x 2 = 816 816 + 1 = 817 75 x 7 = 525 50 - 1 = 49 49 x 6 =294 525 + 294 = 819 819 - 2 = 817 '' And I factored for this solution: 75 + 1 = 76 50 - 7 = 43 76 x 43 = 3268 6 - 2 = 4 3268 / 4 = 817 I didn't divide until the end just to send it into four digits, but you can divide the 76 by 4 because 817 is the product of two primes: 43 x 19.

[@user-sz6lo8kt2x]

3/5=0.6.

[@einSteppenwolf]

444=4×(100+6+5)

[@einSteppenwolf]

444=6×(100-25-4+3)

[@einSteppenwolf]

750=(9+3/3)×75

[@ricksimon9867]

817 - There is now way I could do that in time, so I did the "Rachel special" - divide by 7. That gets you 116 or 117, so I settled for 75+50-2-6 for 117, x7, and take away the remaining 1 for 1 away.

[@Jothamvvw]

Yeah, I did 75*((6*2)-1) for 825 and then subtracted the 7.

[@BrianDominy]

Same here to get 818. After one more minute I came up with (75-2)x7 + (50+1)x6.

[@davidfearis7335]

TARGET 444 100 + 6 + 5 = 111 111 X 4 = 444

[@davidfearis7335]

TARGET 750 3 + 3 + 2 + 2 = 10 10 X 75 = 750

[@davidfearis7335]

TARGET 604 50 + 8 + 3 = 61 61 X 10 = 610 610 - 6 = 604

[@timg5011]

3:55 "Don't need to write that down." No, you need to listen properly, Ms Riley. 3:50 - "Two divided by two is one. Then add one, ten. Seventy-five times ten." Where did you get the ten from, Naomi? 1 + 1 = 2, so you're on 150...

[@Knappa22]

Rachel is so lazy. She didn’t bother writing down the calculations for 750, and in general she whizzes through the solutions. Plenty of unnecessary waffle at the start of each round though. Just do your job. Not a patch on Carol

[@boybawang1981]

50-5 = 45X10 = 450+3 = 453X8 = 3,624÷6 = 604 50X6 = 300 10-8 = 2+300 = 302 5-3 = 2X302 = 604 100-5 = 95 25+3 = 28X95 = 2,660+4 = 2,664÷6 = 444 25X5 = 125 100-3 = 97+125 = 222 6-4 = 2X222 = 444 2÷2 = 1+9 = 10X3 = 30X75 = 2,250÷3 = 750 75X2 = 150 3+2 = 5X150 = 750 50-7 = 43 2+1 = 3 75÷3 = 25-6 = 19X43 = 817 50-1 = 49X6 = 294 75X7 = 525+294 = 819-2 = 817