This amazing calculation in a Countdown Episode in 2002 is truly amazing in only 30 seconds
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@rocketi053 жыл бұрын
He's on his way to winning that countdown teapot.
@shaitam5v3 жыл бұрын
No offence, Jeremy
@harribo2005x3 жыл бұрын
@@shaitam5v *Jeremy looks suspicious*
@CalumnMcAulay3 жыл бұрын
😆
@iceymonster46752 жыл бұрын
Good morning, that's a nice Tnetennba!
@superman00001 Жыл бұрын
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.
@JohnnyBravo187811 ай бұрын
Very help, thank you
@superman0000111 ай бұрын
@@JohnnyBravo1878 welcome
@jonathanlee209910 ай бұрын
It's really neat the solutions you can come up with some clever math like that
@Everton-Valley-200510 ай бұрын
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
@superman0000110 ай бұрын
@@Everton-Valley-2005 Yes, indeed.
@DaveDexterMusic2 жыл бұрын
My approach is generally "10x75 = 750, +50 = 800. Eh, close enough"
@RandomPlaceHolderName2 жыл бұрын
100/25+1 for 805 nah?
@lcozzarelli2 жыл бұрын
I just added the 1 to that and called it a day
@georgielancaster13562 жыл бұрын
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. 😇 😄
@eclectica12 жыл бұрын
But no points for you sunshine.
@georgelewis3652 жыл бұрын
@@georgielancaster1356 you used 1 twice, still a lot better than me though
@AJnzxv13 жыл бұрын
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.
@@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.
@Jay3692 жыл бұрын
@@pocky1scot1 Ease is relative
@ViceroyoftheDiptera2 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@purgruv6 жыл бұрын
Good morning, that's a nice tnetennba.
@alancapybara33256 жыл бұрын
Moss on The IT Crowd lol
@joansmith695 жыл бұрын
Richard Ayoades portrayal on the Graham Linehan produced situational comedy IT Crowd on Channel 4, audible chuckles and nods towards a reference understood.
@tactical_nuk3g2905 жыл бұрын
That fully made me laugh so hard
@apotey47105 жыл бұрын
You're a hero :D:D:D:D
@crazedscot42485 жыл бұрын
I'm disabled
@matthewiles57143 жыл бұрын
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!
@yuenkentsang94462 жыл бұрын
Lol exactly to funny but I love it
@swagon45452 жыл бұрын
True...
@JB_inks Жыл бұрын
That's exactly what twice-nightly Whitely said
@paulgoodwin52065 жыл бұрын
It was a little showboating on last part. 100/50 =2 and so 1626 / 2 = 813 also. Fair play tho. Nice 10 points.
@b2ked5 жыл бұрын
Some people can think of that easier the way he did It bigger numbers are easier to work with
@hughmcilveen22355 жыл бұрын
No, he could not use the number 2, remember. No showboating. Brilliant.
@alandunstan54855 жыл бұрын
@@hughmcilveen2235 dividing by 2 would not have been showboating!!
@dancostello48724 жыл бұрын
@@hughmcilveen2235 if he gets the two by dividing the 100 by 50, he is allowed. So yes, he was showboating lol
@Frosty-oj6hw4 жыл бұрын
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.
@bipolarminddroppings4 жыл бұрын
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.
@darijoe12 жыл бұрын
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.
@jameschristopher25403 ай бұрын
She does mention it and points at the work saying this bits clever
@WaterCrane3 жыл бұрын
1:09 I love the almost disbelief and "are you serious?!" tone from Carol... "Add 1".
@josephkane78059 ай бұрын
OMG! Where are you going with this?
@TheFakeyCakeMaker4 жыл бұрын
I miss Richard Whitely so much. Great presenter. Brilliantly done young man.
@stevecooper70384 жыл бұрын
It's worse than that, he's dead Jim.
@TheRandomshite1233 жыл бұрын
Dooo doo dooo dooo duh duh duh duh *beeeeep*
@fortyfour16543 жыл бұрын
@@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!
@oscarbrown244 жыл бұрын
And that's numberwang
@blainy-o934 жыл бұрын
Das ist Nümberwang!
@PIXPromosMore4 жыл бұрын
Yes! That is a Number!
@benwilliams48974 жыл бұрын
sorry that was actually wangernumb
@thoughtfortheday78113 жыл бұрын
@Oscar Brown, 😂 yes!
@peterclarke7240 Жыл бұрын
I love Carol. She will always be the Countdown Queen in my eyes.
@madpaduk11 ай бұрын
If I'd taken all week I'd not have managed this. All credit deserved and taken by the lad.
@CancelRevival11 ай бұрын
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.
@i4TheWinN7 жыл бұрын
Rachel Riley would have Been able to solve that
@manuelwolff_intlcomedian7 жыл бұрын
You got 824.
@gunamerstravels7 жыл бұрын
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.16057 жыл бұрын
OK! Fair enough!
@Scripture-Man7 жыл бұрын
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.
@Trev3597 жыл бұрын
Rachel Riley's the one that's rude. I went off her very early on because of her agist comments.
@matlew1960 Жыл бұрын
This is what they call "Thinking outside the box". Even Carol Vorderman was impressed. And that's a great complement..
@aaronwalderslade3 жыл бұрын
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!
@flytoheights13 жыл бұрын
👍👏👏👏
@arconeagain3 жыл бұрын
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.
@silkyfirst30972 жыл бұрын
@@arconeagain maybe he doesnt know his 25 times tables but his 5 times tables very well 🤔
@shalimarlake78522 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
They write all of the times tables down in front of them in advance which helps.
Can’t Believe it took him 30 seconds, I mean it’s right there...
@Isleofskye3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. I did it b4 the numbers came up...
@CHANtotheDAN3 жыл бұрын
@@Isleofskye same LOOOOOOL
@Isleofskye3 жыл бұрын
@@CHANtotheDAN :)
@CHANtotheDAN3 жыл бұрын
@@Isleofskye ;O
@jmo8934 Жыл бұрын
The bit where he adds the 1 just tops it off.
@GarrethFerreira3 жыл бұрын
At the end of the day he still achieved it in 30 secs, everyone here has hind sight
@user-so6rk5sk6d2 жыл бұрын
Nothing better than getting it done in 30 seconds eh.
@TiredofEarth Жыл бұрын
i couldnt do it in 30 seconds even though i just watched him do it in 30 seconds.. lmao
@JackDManheim5 жыл бұрын
I mean... it's an impressive video, but the title seems to credit the wrong person. All she did was write it down.
@eliotmansfield3 жыл бұрын
clickbait
@davetootill Жыл бұрын
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.
@Stabichan11 ай бұрын
I'm pretty he knows. But for the lulz it's funnier to do *50 first
@listey7 ай бұрын
He did. Kind of.
@user-bf8tv8xv4w28 күн бұрын
I don't think it was showmanship. His thinking is simpler: For him it was just 1626 x 50/100 That's simpler than 1626 / (100/50). That requires a separate operation before you apply it to the 1626. His way just works left to right. He had 1626, and he had to halve it. He knows that 50/100 is 1/2 but you can't use fractions so you can't put brackets around it. He doesn't need to work out 50 x 1626. He knows that it must be the answer with two zeros. 813 + 00
@tanm30514 жыл бұрын
Why is her name in the title when she’s just gonna take his word on the maths🙄
@XxCauzhavokxX4 жыл бұрын
Rachel wouldve know that.
@jamiengo23434 жыл бұрын
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
@Spacesnakes4744 жыл бұрын
@@jamiengo2343 I mean she was literally saying she was taking his word for it...
@jamiengo23434 жыл бұрын
Tiger474 it was more something you say instinctively, you know, when you’re doing something quickly and someone says something and you just respond
"It's very clever, this bit particularly" *gestures at entire calculation*
@DerEchteBold11 ай бұрын
She meant the +1
@joe_z2 ай бұрын
The 813 trick uses the same mechanism as the tricks with the numbers close to 937.5. 937.5 is the result of 25 * 75 / 2 or 15/16 of 1,000, and 812.5 is 13/16 of 1,000, meaning that it's 25 * 65 / 2. From there you notice that it's convenient that you have a 10 there to get the 75 to 65, and a 1 there to tap it up before dividing by 2, taking the final result from 812.5 to 813.
@bravo2966 Жыл бұрын
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.
@lordrosemount2 жыл бұрын
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.
@annmaria2 жыл бұрын
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@allylilith5605 Жыл бұрын
I am sure numbers like 1000 or 950 have been reached easier
@MikeTaffet Жыл бұрын
@@allylilith5605I think they’re referring to the calculations getting into the 81,300 range
@allylilith5605 Жыл бұрын
@@MikeTaffet oh fair point actually
@TheSivhead Жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqKZgYdqlslpeLs.
@Scubadooper2 жыл бұрын
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
@iball3103694 жыл бұрын
Probably maths now. Love it
@DubiousMints3 жыл бұрын
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.
@TheNuclearBolton3 жыл бұрын
Rachel Riley is better
@pjcamp1on3 жыл бұрын
@@TheNuclearBolton are you still talking about maths?
@TheNuclearBolton3 жыл бұрын
@@pjcamp1on yes, why? I think women who can do basic arithmetic in their heads are the bees knees.
@sp-pz8uc3 жыл бұрын
Carol's better at funeral advertisements. But Rachel might be in 30 years.
@CIMAmotor3 жыл бұрын
i like the fit Jewish one.
@kevinlongman0074 жыл бұрын
The title of the video suggests Vorderman did this calculation.
@beatnikmary5 жыл бұрын
This guy came on as a guest team member on Cats Does Countdown one time.
@oludotunjohnshowemimo4345 жыл бұрын
Now this was the proper Countdown with Carol Voderman and the late Richard Whiteley.
@ddr_drogba7773 жыл бұрын
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
@Nullifidian3 жыл бұрын
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.
@ViceroyoftheDiptera2 жыл бұрын
Thanks captain obvious.
@wwerocksinstyle3 жыл бұрын
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!
@chrismulhern823 жыл бұрын
25x75=1875 and 50x100=5000 So how do you get to 937.5 ?
@Nullifidian3 жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
The Australian queen of numbers Lily Serna (Letters and Numbers, SBS tv) has done that a few times and it never gets boring.
@dylanpritchard49818 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this show with my Grandad when I visited England growing up.
@socks2441Ай бұрын
its interesting how much this show has changed. it used to have regular legit geniuses, now it still has a few geniuses, but they are comedic genius, not mathematics geniuses. its arguably a better show now, as the audience can play along without feeling overly stupid. and there are good jokes. but wow those maths skills back in the day are incredible.
@user-bf8tv8xv4w28 күн бұрын
Are you sure you're not thinking about '8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown'? That's a spin-off with paid comedians instead of contestants selected from the public. The original still runs alongside it, and is more serious without much joking around.
@socks244128 күн бұрын
@@user-bf8tv8xv4w i absolutely was thinking of 8 out of 10 cats. i had no idea the original show was still running along side it. i assumed int 'evolved' into a comedy version of itself to entertain a wider audience or something. thanks for correcting me :)
@penguinkaiser3 жыл бұрын
Carol's gone, Richard's gone (RIP) and Susie thankfully is still there, being as clever, nice and beautiful as always.
@FanofAslan3 жыл бұрын
Susie now does a podcast called Something rhymes with purple.
@penguinkaiser3 жыл бұрын
@@FanofAslan Yes! I’m a regular listener, plus she has a new book “Word Perfect” which is fantastic.
@mclarenguy2211 жыл бұрын
81,300 must be the highest solution in Countdown history!
@QwertyScream Жыл бұрын
The highest intermediate total was during Series 71, during George Ford's second game. He went as high as 97,500
@DutchDread3 ай бұрын
Honestly, the moment it said 1626 I thought "ah, nice, divide by 2" so when the dude said "multiply by 50" I just thought "oh, must be a 100 left then, so it's just the score with 00 behind it". The fact that carol had to "take his word for it" was pretty dumb.
@simonchurchman3801 Жыл бұрын
Carol is ignorant in my opinion. She is there to write the numbers down and not laugh and belittle the guests…. great great great young man for solving it ,,and manners to boot
@zylo40292 жыл бұрын
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
@ParthaDey9710 жыл бұрын
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
@ginger54226 жыл бұрын
AT the start of the equation would have 3 brackets not 2
@hughmcilveen22355 жыл бұрын
No, he had to divide that way. He can only use the numbers on the board.
@alandunstan54855 жыл бұрын
@@hughmcilveen2235 if that is the case, he couldn't have done the multiplication either since 65 is not on the board either!!
@alandunstan54855 жыл бұрын
@Justin My comment was only directed to Hugh and referenced his 2nd sentence. Please read it and tell me what you think it says.
@bipolarminddroppings4 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@jamiet22623 жыл бұрын
"What do you want to study at Cambridge?" "Cocktail sticks!"
@charleyyy_19955 жыл бұрын
Episode 4051 (3200 shows later was on the 1st episode of 2019).
@grumpywasp45333 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@Critchy397 жыл бұрын
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
@dazthemod693 жыл бұрын
I bet he’s a master of street countdown
@sp-pz8uc3 жыл бұрын
You can tell she's pissed, for him getting it, when she couldn't.
@josephmathmusic2 жыл бұрын
The 1626 is really clever. The × 50 / 100 is just for fun we can divide by (100/50)...
@ilovefacebookandebay6 жыл бұрын
30 seconds. Bloody hell. It would have taken me two years to figure out !!!
@Isleofskye3 ай бұрын
Your comment was 6 years ago and I am still not quite there yet/...
@OldDistantHermit4 жыл бұрын
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
@lsbrother5 жыл бұрын
What was impressive was that Vorderman clearly hadn't done it!
@Rk-xx1sg3 жыл бұрын
she did it by dividing 1626/2 most likely
@ViceroyoftheDiptera2 жыл бұрын
@@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-xx1sg2 жыл бұрын
@@ViceroyoftheDiptera okay
@JimmyBoosterCrate2 жыл бұрын
@@Rk-xx1sg 1626/2 is definitely out of Carol's range. She's not that good. Rachel maybe could've got it
@connorism693 жыл бұрын
Lol, I got this one, but not within the 30 seconds... This guy is too good.
@asphinctersayswott7 жыл бұрын
I got 211
@namxxn3 жыл бұрын
LMAO 211 LIKES IM CRYING
@CmonInn3 жыл бұрын
@@namxxn yes crazy
@ona9076 жыл бұрын
What a legend!
@esclad5 жыл бұрын
That's probably the most amazing numbers win I have ever seen on Countdown... ever!
@Sewingbee235 жыл бұрын
Nah there's one better than this
@Nullifidian4 жыл бұрын
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.
@stuartharris21654 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@Nullifidian4 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@AndWhat44310 ай бұрын
For all the Math experts who have commented. This guy only had 30 seconds, I can't manage to get out of bed in 30 seconds.
@eksiarvamus8 ай бұрын
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.
@alexf73777 ай бұрын
He knew that of course. In modern lingo, it's what they call a flex, i.e. showing off.
@Deady20124 жыл бұрын
He’ll be alright at homeschooling...
@mjtunstall19768 ай бұрын
we have heard of divide and conquer but this is an perfect sample of multipy and attack!
@sadas31903 жыл бұрын
To the people who said Carol shouldnt just take his word for it on 1626 x 50, I'm sure that was in jest. It's not a hard one to quickly work out: 6x50 is 300, 20 x 50 is a 1000, 1600 x 50 is 80000, add them all together.
@liamgaine3 жыл бұрын
Or just halve it, 1626/2 = 813 That's essentially what he did anyway
@TheHappyZappy Жыл бұрын
Or just multiply 1626 x 100 = 162600 and then divide by 2, 81300
@stephentrudgeon26464 жыл бұрын
I paused this for 5 mins, still nowhere near, pretty impressive
@mygoogle76844 жыл бұрын
Nervous laughter from Carol indicating that she cant keep up.
@Isleofskye3 жыл бұрын
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 !
@kieranmahoney444611 ай бұрын
Countdown showboating love it
@Mindhumble3 жыл бұрын
Just watched this when i woke up... going back to sleep.
@tabularasa95763 жыл бұрын
Dream well
@dcrazypersiancat5 жыл бұрын
Admit it or not, John is brilliant!
@patthewoodboy3 жыл бұрын
I'm taking your word for it .. proves she isnt such a maths expert
@pauldavis56653 жыл бұрын
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?
@philwoodward5069 Жыл бұрын
I got (75+1) * 10 = 760 760 + 50 + (100/25) = 814 and that would almost always be enough to at least share the points. But sometimes you've just got to take your hat off.
@KD55511 ай бұрын
I've done exactly the same in under 30s. But no way I'd find the 65×25+1 of his in that timeframe.
@nicksimpson405810 ай бұрын
Thats absolutely fucking mental that he took 30 seconds to work that out
@stuartharris21654 жыл бұрын
He had no reason to go up so high, when you get to 1626, you only needed to say 1626/(100/50).
@thehawks33924 жыл бұрын
ye I thought that too. it was uneccesary to go that high
@Ingestedbanjo4 жыл бұрын
He had a reason - to show off. Whether you personally think that's a legit reason or not though...
@Utoko4 жыл бұрын
there is also no reason not to go so high.
@johno33264 жыл бұрын
Show boat, yes, but fun to watch
@toddhunter31374 жыл бұрын
He didn't need to that high, but it made great television! 😉
@johnmcdonough955 Жыл бұрын
His first step was recognising 813 as a prime. So to get it he was going big. That's where his genius takes over and wins Carol's admiration.
@keiramistry530511 ай бұрын
813 is divisible by 3?
@johnmcdonough95511 ай бұрын
@@keiramistry5305 it absolutely is! Never let me on countdown - I can't comment correctly inside 30 seconds let alone solve.
@keiramistry530511 ай бұрын
@@johnmcdonough955 haha, the trick to finding if it is divisible by 3 is if all the digits add to a multiple of 3, pretty neat!
@johnmcdonough95511 ай бұрын
@@keiramistry5305 I hadn't realised the trick but I know now. Cheers!
@shaunpember39447 ай бұрын
271 x 3, u been drinking to much Prime?
@kermit56780 Жыл бұрын
The scene was cut out where Carol vorderman proceeded to throw her knickers at him 🤣
@garyella130111 ай бұрын
You say it like she would have been wearing them 😂
@tomjones6777 Жыл бұрын
Love these !! 👍👍🙂🖖🇺🇸
@ddrolet99785 жыл бұрын
"I'll take your word for it" no wonder they got Rachel Riley on instead
@marcpower41675 жыл бұрын
DDrolet997 I'm sure someone backstage confirmed with a calculator.
@sabre22b4 жыл бұрын
Yuh, an upgrade intellectually at least.
@mattcullen61094 жыл бұрын
Yep live seen Riley unable to solve an equation. I guess Carol didn't need to try to show off
@madabbafan4 жыл бұрын
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.
@bipolarminddroppings4 жыл бұрын
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.
@apbosh13 жыл бұрын
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!
@user-cf9xp1mo4u7 ай бұрын
It's great to see countdown still on TV after all these years Richard Whiteley so many presenters at present colin Murray and also Susie sent and numbers carol and Rachel Riley are great keep going please season 88 I believe wow xxxlol all the best to all ❤❤❤ 2:23
@bradevans78823 жыл бұрын
Even my calculator struggled
@tonybidwell25826 жыл бұрын
1:22 What a show-off! LMAO
@yatoproductions1634 жыл бұрын
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.
@jamiesimms70844 жыл бұрын
@@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
@markjeffers46634 жыл бұрын
Frigging unreal how he worked that out
@Edward-qe8xg4 жыл бұрын
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
@vincenzofranchelli220128 күн бұрын
multiplying by 50 to divide by 100 rather than making the 2 seperately was a good flex lol
@alanbevan94323 жыл бұрын
I think Carroll has a new body now 🤔
@alext29335 жыл бұрын
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.
@DerbJd4 жыл бұрын
Alex Tomlins except carol is a private pilot and isn’t a pro Zionist pig.
@randomunavailable4 жыл бұрын
@@DerbJd We have our eye on you.
@DeanMoxley872 жыл бұрын
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
@WilliametcCook4 жыл бұрын
13 is kinda close to 12.5 (100/8) There's a 1, so if I double 813 and subtract 1, it'll be like subtracting 0.5. I can get 2 by 50/25 or 100/50, so I'll figure out which later. From that I get 1625. (8*2=16, 13*2=26, 26-1=25) That ends with 625 (25^2), it's definitely a multiple of 25. 1625/25=65. (625/25=25, 1000/25=40) I have a 75 and a 10, I can make that! Now to reverse. 75-10=65, 65*25=1625, 1625+1=1626, 1626*50/100=813.
@TheRealJesusChrist4203 жыл бұрын
The question is did you do it in 30 seconds while on TV?
@MadnessIncVP3 жыл бұрын
1:22 *Well bloody done!*
@GPCTM Жыл бұрын
Here's the answer given by ChatGPT: Sure, let's try to get the number 813 using the given digits and basic arithmetic operations (+, -, /, *). Remember, you can use each digit only once: Start with 100: 100 Multiply by 10: 100 * 10 = 1000 Subtract 75: 1000 - 75 = 925 Add 50: 925 + 50 = 975 Divide by 25: 975 / 25 = 39 Add 1: 39 + 1 = 40 Multiply by 10: 40 * 10 = 400 Add 75: 400 + 75 = 475 Add 100: 475 + 100 = 575 Multiply by 10: 575 * 10 = 5750 Subtract 50: 5750 - 50 = 5700 Add 25: 5700 + 25 = 5725 Add 10: 5725 + 10 = 5735 Add 1: 5735 + 1 = 5736 Multiply by 10: 5736 * 10 = 57360 Subtract 50: 57360 - 50 = 57310 Divide by 25: 57310 / 25 = 2292.4 Add 100: 2292.4 + 100 = 2392.4 Multiply by 10: 2392.4 * 10 = 23924 Add 50: 23924 + 50 = 23974 Add 1: 23974 + 1 = 23975 Multiply by 10: 23975 * 10 = 239750 Add 25: 239750 + 25 = 239775 Subtract 75: 239775 - 75 = 239700 Add 100: 239700 + 100 = 239800 Add 10: 239800 + 10 = 239810 Add 1: 239810 + 1 = 239811 Multiply by 10: 239811 * 10 = 2398110 Add 25: 2398110 + 25 = 2398135 Subtract 100: 2398135 - 100 = 2398035 Add 75: 2398035 + 75 = 2398110 Add 100: 2398110 + 100 = 2398210 Subtract 75: 2398210 - 75 = 2398135 After trying various combinations, it seems that there is no way to get the number 813 using the given digits and arithmetic operations (+, -, /, *) without repeating digits or using additional digits beyond the six provided.
@Gna-rn7zx Жыл бұрын
I think you are using "digit" in an abnormal way. For example, 100 is a number with 3 digits.
@DerEchteBold11 ай бұрын
I don't understand what do you mean? We just saw it done.
@liamr106411 ай бұрын
What was ChatGPT smoking that day lol
@skyeapsey86052 жыл бұрын
Broadcast on Wednesday 6th April 2005
@SteveNinetyski4 жыл бұрын
By my calculation, Carol would fucking get it.
@JimmyBoosterCrate2 жыл бұрын
Carol wasn't good enough for huge numbers. Look at the 952 video, she's overwhelmed. Rachel would have had more of a shot
@ropea14275 жыл бұрын
Dianne abbot can up with 23,456,985
@presidentelectzigenpuss35705 жыл бұрын
she's Rachel Riley's stand-in
@everythingandanything30455 жыл бұрын
Lol
@ericdunn5554 жыл бұрын
LOL. Pritti Vacant, oops sorry Patel, got 197, 034 853 145, which was close enough for her.
@stephenmanuel98604 жыл бұрын
KZbin Recommendation Roulette favours me tonight, it seems.
@josephedwards4325 Жыл бұрын
The key to this is doubling the number to get an even number. Obviously this works with any number. I suspect there are a few other keys to doing large calculations like this. All in the preparation.
@ravington666 Жыл бұрын
Mind boggling....even Carol gave up on his calculations !
@josephkane78059 ай бұрын
Lol. That's the first thing I noticed too. I'll take your word for it on this.
@labradormcgraw4 жыл бұрын
Rachel Riley is so much better at the maths than Carol Vorderman ever was - she wouldn't have had to take his word for it.
@donnas1013 жыл бұрын
Come on, Don't dis the vordmeister, national treasure. I'm kidding by the way.
@ck8673 жыл бұрын
I’d agree with this - I mean, they’re both exceptional, but I think Rachel would have seen exactly where he was going with adding the one, whereas Carol seemed to have genuine disbelief at the move.
@shaunpember39447 ай бұрын
Or, she didn't interrupt after he did the hard work
@carkod3 жыл бұрын
Why does she keep laughing for not being able to do double digit multiplication?
@Robby3342 жыл бұрын
Great presenters RIP Richard
@samharper58816 жыл бұрын
1626x50 being mysterious to Carol shows why she's hugely inferior to Rachel and even most number-literate people. The fact that x50 is /2 and add a couple of 0s shouldn't be difficult for anyone who's supposedly good at maths.
@tonelemoan3 жыл бұрын
"Carol you're literally laughing at numbers."
@SleepyRPGman2 жыл бұрын
once he got to 1626, it makes more sense to divide 100/50 = 2 then divide 1626 by the 2. less big numbers.
@BroomeBlocker411 ай бұрын
This would be the point where the opponent stealthily just leaves the building