Countdown Game Show - Number Rounds (29 September 2023)

Colin Murray and Rachel Riley host as contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers. Grace Dent 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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[@ricksimon9867]

"Come on target, give us something interesting" ... gets a target that can be solved within two seconds 🤣

[@boybawang1981]

LEAVE RACHEL ALONE!!

[@baldeepbirak]

346 using this method 75x4=300 300+50=350 350+1-5=346

[@ericzubyk2329]

Got 553 on the first one, 390 on the 2nd, 353 on the 3rd, & 346 exactly on the last one.

[@medusa_404]

389: 50 * 10 = 500 500 - 100 - 8 - 3 = 389 50 * 8 = 400 100 + 7 + 3 = 110 110 / 10 = 11 400 - 11 = 389 100 + 50 = 150 150 - 10 - 8 = 132 132 * 3 = 396 396 - 7 = 389 50 + 3 = 53 53 * 7 = 371 371 + 10 + 8 = 389

[@baldeepbirak]

@medusa_404 389 the third method for me.

[@samkendall5933]

80085

[@medusa_404]

346: 6 + 1 = 7 50 * 7 = 350 350 - 4 = 346 75 - 1 = 74 74 * 4 = 296 296 + 50 = 346 75 - 6 = 69 69 * 5 = 345 345 + 1 = 346 75 - 5 - 4 = 66 66 * 6 = 396 396 - 50 = 346

[@JoeGrohlDJ]

Round 1 (75 + 25) x 6 - 50 + 4 Round 2 (50 + 3) x 7 + 10 + 8 Round 3 (100 - 10) x 4 - 8 Round 4 (75 - 6) x 5 + 1

[@medusa_404]

554: 6 + 3 = 9 50 * 9 = 450 450 + 75 + 25 + 4 = 554 75 + 25 = 100 100 * 6 = 600 600 + 4 = 604 604 - 50 = 554 75 - 50 - 3 = 22 25 * 22 = 550 550 + 4 = 554 50 * 6 = 300 75 * 3 = 225 300 + 225 + 25 + 4 = 554

[@pamelawarren5405]

Slap those cards Rachel !

[@remco16041971]

4 * 8 = 32 1 + 10 = 11 11 * 32 = 352

[@medusa_404]

352: 100 - 10 = 90 90 * 4 = 360 360 - 8 = 352 8 * 4 = 32 10 + 1 = 11 32 * 11 = 352 100 / 4 = 25 25 + 7 = 32 10 + 1 = 11 32 * 11 = 352 100 * 10 = 1000 8 * 7 = 56 1000 + 56 = 1056 4 - 1 = 3 1056 / 3 = 352

[@easternbrown]

352: 7x100 +4=704 10-8=2 704/2 = 352

[@easternbrown]

389: 50-8 x10=420 100-7 /3=31 420-31=389

[@daviddesreumaux338]

352. 10+1=11. 4*8=32*11=352

[@einSteppenwolf]

346=4×(75-1)+50=(6+1)×50-4=75×4+50-5+1

[@TonyKelly]

10x50=500 -100 =400 minus 3 minus 8 =389 .

[@ciderfan823]

Spoiler (8*4)*(10+1)=352

[@boybawang1981]

75-50 = 25-3 = 22X25 = 550+4 = 554 75+25 = 100X6 = 600-50 = 550+4 = 554 7X3 = 21-10 = 11 50X8 = 400-11 = 389 50X10 = 500-100 = 400-8-3 = 389 10+1 = 11X8 = 88X4 = 352 100-10 = 90X4 = 360-8 = 352 50-5 = 45X6 = 270+75+1 = 346 50÷5 = 10+75 = 85X4 = 340+6 = 346

[@einSteppenwolf]

389=(100+7)×3+50+10+8

[@TophTheMelonLord]

352 = (100 - 10) x 4 - 8

[@evo3481]

352 is a multiple of 11 8*4 *(10+1) = 352

[@einSteppenwolf]

352=4×100-(7-1)×8

[@einSteppenwolf]

352=(10+1)×4×8

[@youngdolo8]

And here was my dumbass going for: 6 + 3 = 9 9 × 50 = 450 75 + 25 + 4 = 104 104 + 450 = 554

[@JoeGrohlDJ]

At least you got it straight away. I went round the houses several times, landed at 553 first and just got further away with each attempt! Only realised how easy it was as I was about to watch the solution. 😂

[@einSteppenwolf]

554=75+25+4+50×(6+3)

[@einSteppenwolf]

554=6×(75+25)-50+4

[@Nullifidian]

In the first numbers round, I saw the contestants' solution and also had this equally obvious solution: 75 - 50 - 3 = 22 25 x 22 = 550 550 + 4 = 554 And a more different solution is: 25 + 4 = 29 75 - 50 - 6 = 19 29 x 19 = 551 551 + 3 = 554 In the second numbers round, I saw Ben's solution, but I thought this approach would be easier: 50 x 10 = 500 500 - 100 - 8 - 3 = 389 I also made use of 7 x 3 = 21 in another way: 100 + 7 = 107 107 x 3 = 321 321 + 50 + 10 + 8 = 389 In the third numbers round, I saw Pat's solution, but I also had this "five-small" solution: 10 + 1 = 11 11 x 8 x 4 = 352 As well as this one: 100 x 7 = 700 700 + 4 = 704 10 - 8 = 2 704 / 2 = 352 In the final numbers round, I saw both contestants' solutions, and also had these: 75 - 5 - 4 = 66 66 x 6 = 396 396 - 50 = 346 4 - 1 = 3 75 + 3 = 78 78 x 5 = 390 390 + 6 = 396 396 - 50 = 346 50 + 4 = 54 54 x 5 = 270 270 + 75 + 1 = 346