The BEST & WORST Of The Maths Challenge | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Channel 4

The toughest challenge for the Cats Does Countdown crew... Mathematics. Every so often they surprise us but most of the time they drive us all mad. Here's a collection of those weird and wonderful maths moments.
The #CatsDoesCountdown crew are BACK taking over the famous anarchic words and numbers quiz, with a comedy twist! Host Jimmy Carr is joined by Countdown regulars Rachel Riley and Susie Dent.
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[@adamj.cuthbert7528]

You should've included Jon's reaction to Richard Ayoade getting the numbers: "If you want to square and cube things, get a job in a fucking jelly factory, mate." A classic quote.

[@SennaAugustus]

It's not allowed because it's using the same number 3 times.

[@crdmol]

​@@SennaAugustus did you read anything OP wrote?

[@Demun1649]

@@crdmol Do you understand SUBTLETY? "Cube" is to multiply the same number THREE TIMES. For heaven's sake, go to night school, for both English Language and Mathematics.

[@eyechedelia]

​@@Demun1649 do you understand context? the person you told off said nothing about the math being off; they were insinuating that the comment of the person they replied to had nothing to do with the original comment, which also mentions nothing about the validity of the math.

[@Demun1649]

@@eyechedelia I hope the therapy, eventually, works.

[@nickmilligan3662]

After Potato Gate, seeing Joe win anything is a real treat

[@TheBassicBassist]

What is this potato gate? I'm interested

[@eightyproof360]

@@TheBassicBassist google taskmaster and joe potato

[@TheBassicBassist]

@@eightyproof360 oh Cheers. That was great. Glad you mentioned it

[@12000gp]

That’s harsh man

[@jarlamtoft2307]

Tbh i don’t think any victory will ever overshadow that devastating experience

[@smeissner328]

The most impressive thing to me is that Rachel got 1 away from 560. Took me a couple minutes and looking up the factors of 561 to figure it out, and she did it in 30 seconds in her head.

[@TheMadAfrican1]

The woman is quite literally a genius. Not just with numbers. She's also fluent in several languages and probably picks them up really easily. She's just frigging amazing. I wish I had but an ounce of her intelligence.

[@malignusvonbottershnike563]

Tbf it might be because 561 is a Carmichael number, which means it's fairly 'well known' (relatively speaking) in some fields, so if a good mathematician was going to recognise the factorisation of some integer, that's potentially a good candidate!

[@Inkslinger123]

And hotter than the sun.

[@3qui1i6riM]

“This is gonna make the papers!” Never change, Joe.

[@xX88B88Xx]

love Paul Foots 'roughly, I know roughly what it is'

[@JBG-AjaxzeMedia]

its not too tricky if you know how to take the logs of numbers

[@thomasyates3078]

@@JBG-AjaxzeMedia Why would you need to take logs to do rough division? You just round to the nearest neat numbers and divide.

[@BobbyPartson]

"roughly, I know roughly" 🤣

[@JBG-AjaxzeMedia]

its true, just gotta know logarithms

[@dmontes133]

“Has this ever been done before?” 🤣🤣🤣

[@troyoro]

This could go viral 😂😂

[@itsacarolbthing5221]

I'm so glad I found out five programmes are recorded in a day for several days. I thought Rachel must have about 78 children by now.

[@lovelywaz]

"Take the 2 that is rightfully mine..." 🤨🤨 'Aayyeeeee" 😣😣

[@lizgoh]

I;ve seen the Paul Foot / John Richardson clip so many times over the years but I still watch it each time it comes up, specifically just to watch Sean.

[@HeadbutKneecap]

I love how Jon is genuinely just enjoying Joe actually getting it right for once.

[@nickthefox72]

Seeing Sean Lock talking about the “electricity” was amazing

[@nocalsteve]

While he’s sitting in the dark!

[@homagetogorto]

Richard squaring and cubing makes me tingly.

[@TheMadAfrican1]

Claudia freaking out over numbers was me in every single maths exam I ever did since I was 11.

[@dazediss6629]

Paul Foot is an extremely underrated comedian. I love his intimidation methods with Jon. “What’s 78,000,000……. Div…..divided by 474,000”? I dunno. Do you? Roughly….😂😂😂😂😂 His performances on Nevermind the Buzzcocks are legendary.

[@EcomPilotStores]

I actually love Harriet 😂

[@vivienneoneill5400]

Me too,she is so funny❤❤❤

[@davidsakal449]

She's a real cutie!

[@iamdb1990]

Joe is so much funnier when he's not doing the Rachel helper thing

[@ZeMiceS.22222]

Paul and Jons maths face-off was great television Paul is strangely entertaining and cool ....

[@fretlessman71]

9:04 - 5 + 7 + 4 = 16, X 3 = 48, X 2 = 96, X 6 = 576. I'm VERY pleased with myself.

[@Padraigp]

Well done you! I got the 660 one and was pleased with myself cos i have to count with my fingers 😂

[@bjako]

19:24 "Okay. Ten times nine" Rachel: "Ten times nine is 90". Proceeds to bury face in hands. LOL

[@tdarkhorse4]

curious why they didn't include catherine tate staring blankly at the board the whole 30 seconds for i think it was 103 with a 100 and a 3 up in the numbers.

[@davidbethke5463]

Target of 101, I think.

[@OP-1000]

It was absolutely infuriating.

[@Padraigp]

She must have been joking! 😂

[@corvos3719]

@@davidbethke5463 "Oh, so it can be done!"

[@nocalsteve]

“You’re looking at me like it’s obvious!”

[@marycanary86]

joe lycetts "what are the rules of this shit game??" was giving maggie smith in downton abbey lol

[@jtforrest8582]

My favourite bit at 1:00 is Lee's "7...Hospital". If that's intentional it's genius 😅

[@moritzhahn785]

Still sad, that Paul didn't realize that he had a second 2 and could have gone along with Jon's "I'll steal your 2" joke.

[@bsmitty309]

I have no idea why KZbin recommended this to me but I’ve been hooked for like 8 years now😂

[@slovak4life1991]

"HOW IS THAT IT?!?!" I felt the same exact way. I did it the same way and still couldn't decipher the gibberish.

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

1:03 - "Uh, seven: hospital"... that *well known* seven (I mean eight) letter word. Ahaha. I guess I have to forgive him after his win with "steadings" ....although that was probably edited over the space of 25 to 45 minutes.....

[@andreiandrofski9426]

What happened to Rachel's "I'm so proud of me!" moment? That's got to be one of the best fails this show has seen...

[@benfiner2450]

How did they not include Catherine Tate's 1 away?

[@jaapaap123]

Be happy.

[@MikeDCWeld]

They also left out the one where an audience member got it.

[@richardcook1987]

Catherine your turn to choose tbe numbers; 5, 11, 13, 37.

[@davidbethke5463]

So it can be done?

[@pezboy715]

“What are the rules of this SHIT game?” LOL

[@reallystraightguy2716]

If you have never seen Jessica's tv show "Drifters", watch it now! While season 1 is a bit rough much like the Ameircan version of The office was, season 2 on are amazingly funny

[@channelssuck7954]

her smile at 9:54 😂

[@bigbronsonplays]

Miss you Sean Lock

[@purplespudz4023]

RIP

[@trevorcook3129]

They only need half a clock. They only ever use half of it

[@spk1121]

Ha! Had the exact same thought 🕛 🤔

[@thomasyates3078]

It's a little known fact that the second half of the Countdown clock plays the theme from Hawaii Five-0.

[@vivienneoneill5400]

Love them all,they are great.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MikeDCWeld]

9:15 why cut out Jimmy's quip about the 72 times tables after Rachel showed how to solve that one?

[@Fete_Fatale]

I find 24² is easier.

[@anotheruserism]

@@Fete_Fatale not allowed to square it in countdown. Didn't uyou watch the video to hear them tell Richard that! 😛

[@MikeDCWeld]

@@anotheruserism come on! He did something wizard!

[@Fete_Fatale]

@@anotheruserism sigh. Do the maths yourself, and hopefully you'll realise you can make 24 in two different ways [4*6=24 and (5+7)*2=24], then it's a quick step to 24*24=576 - which also clearly equals 24² ... but 24² was arrived at without actually squaring anying, because it was just a clue to solving it by a different route. I deliberately didn't spell it out because I felt Countdown fans would have the smarts to figure it out for themselves, and never thought I'd need to explain it in crayon. FYI. The fact that Richard broke the rules by squaring & cubing gave me licence to do the same as a nod to his 'violation' ... aka, it's a joke.

[@anotheruserism]

@@Fete_Fatale Acually I got confsed with a different clip in the video. Nice to know you are so judgemental.

[@MrDarkwing78]

4:01 It bugs me the way Jo Wilkinson got that 2nd one. 8+2+100=110*6=660! So much simpler, and Joe got it the difficult way!

[@davidkusar4793]

There is the pro level, the cats does countdown level, and of course the joe wilkenson level.

[@zouchmusic]

Harriet is adorable!

[@kurt5079]

Worth noting that unlike Jon (every episode) Paul doesn't have a sheet listing all the times tables to reference. I was quite surprised that was allowed.

[@traceymunro1]

Johnny is soooo relatable

[@pamsp]

Is Rachel just insanely good with numbers or does she has a piece feeding the answers?

[@Zero-pg1ft]

It's her, she's just insanely smart

[@JBG-AjaxzeMedia]

she's got like 3 maths degrees and a physics degree or something crazy like that and she can speak like 4 languages too, just mad

[@jonathanheyerdahl3660]

She taught herself to read at 2 years old.

[@Inkslinger123]

@@jonathanheyerdahl3660if I was blind I’d love to read her like braille. Smart and beautiful. What a combo.

[@kanesta5517]

I love paul foot 😆

[@jeffwenberg4321]

Jon got that 660 in seconds. You could tell by his face.

[@reallystraightguy2716]

I love Harriet.

[@DaBIONICLEFan]

That Harriet lass is dead cute

[@bren106]

Sod off you, I saw her first.

[@seangates900]

"Steal Paul's 2"............

[@Gravedigger933]

7:45 Target 560 3 x 4 x2 = 24 24 -1 -1 = 22 22 x 25 = 550 Ten away it still 5 points

[@salimrehman2028]

Reply. The best I got was 25 × 2 + 1 )= 51 4 x 3 = 12 - 1 = 11 51 × 11 = 561

[@muziekjes6811]

3:20 Joe is more brilliant then me, he used less number, but 100+9+8-5-2 = 110. 110 x 6 = 660

[@donjones4719]

There's an even simpler way. 8+2=10. +100=110. 110x6=660. I'm always a little frustrated when I get the answer but the panelist uses a different method. Makes no sense, I know, but I can't help it.

[@datgrrl_official]

No prises to either one, especially after solving after being shown. Stay in school.

[@shmookins]

"Seven". I burst out laughing so hard when Catherine Tate said that. Sadly, that clip wasn't here.

[@kelli217]

I got the 576 by adding 5+4+7, getting 16, multiplied by 6 for 96, multipled by 2 for 192, multiplied by 3 for 576.

[@JackTempest94]

3:53 could have been done even easier. 2×5=10 10+100=110 110×6=660

[@kanesta5517]

9-2=7 100x7=700 5x8=40 700-40=660 Thats how i did the first one

[@donaldcampbell3043]

You need to remember Jessica has trouble just walking...

[@muziekjes6811]

8:28 I did 4x6 is 24, and 24 to the power of 2 is 576. But I never ever see anyone use ^2 to square a number so I'm not sure that is allowed, anyone know that?

[@billyfox6368]

She explicitly said that it's not allowed, but it's the comedy version; therefore, they went along with it. I would be surprised if he actually got the points, though.

[@gangrath]

If you wanna square and cube things, get a job in a jelly factory

[@lollol-tt3fx]

a​@@gangrath...mate

[@samthomas6045]

7,5...... I'm out 😂

[@fiskebent]

For those that just string the numbers together, there actually is a concatenation operator in math. It’s ||.

[@elaynet382]

18:45 nice nice nice nice nice nice nice nice nice nice

[@mattosborne1366]

Wait, you don't have to use all the numbers? That makes things easier!

[@BrettGoosen]

Paul could have taken the other 2

[@richardlebreton6690]

do you need to use all the numbers to reach the target?

[@Askoreik82]

No

[@Padraigp]

Nope

[@intellfawx]

For 660 it could've been 8 + 2 = 10 + 100 = 110 x 6. They made it so much harder for themselves lol

[@malikapollard3618]

100 -(8x5)x(9+2)=660 So 100- 40= 60 times 11

[@morthotechartworks6129]

Wow, that is proper evil

[@justincronkright5025]

Isn't 'Hospital' 8? Or is this some Northern Variant... Ospital.

[@TYLOTYLOTYLO]

9:08 I knew that 576 was in the 24 times table. So I did 6x4=24 7x3=21 + (5-2) = 24 24 x 24 = 576

[@RickySpanish-RS]

50x6=300 3-1=2 300x2=600+5=605 easier way.

[@TrumpKaSut]

I can get 660.. does that count :)

[@kjr2868]

Finally someone who says 'Maths' instead of 'Math' which seems to be all over the internet these days!!!

[@ericabuchanan7260]

Rachel has been pregnant for like 7 years.

[@jodia2125]

I did 7 + 5 is 12 Multiply that by the 50 That makes 600 Add the 6 and minus the 1 605

[@ellyveraart6816]

yeah i did 7+6-1=12, multiply by 50 and then add the 5. kinda the same way.

[@TrumpKaSut]

75 x 11 - 100 - 5

[@andrewneill4279]

Who stole Clauia's face?

[@jordanp3666]

Can you use exponents in this game? Because if you can, (25-1)^2-((1+3)*4) should do it on 560.

[@jordanp3666]

Also 5^4-7^2 for 576.

[@Aleksandr9]

No. At 10:54 it's attempted, and Rachel says "Not allowed in countdown."

[@hubertmenschubermensch2985]

It's kind of heartbreaking seeing Sean in these. Not the same without him.

[@SampDude987]

9:40

[@jacobmiglionico7023]

If she thinks anyone in los Angeles thinks that their version of a good time is a drinking problem well i have some news for ya You havent been to LA

[@Pixas]

965=(7+9)*6*10+5

[@multifaceteduser3405]

people don't realise Joe is actually smart, he just acts dumb for comedy

[@datgrrl_official]

Of course everyone realises Joe is intelligent but portrays a fool, and everyone is in on the joke. That is the entire basis of Joe's character. Cor.

[@dmontes133]

🤣🤣🤣

[@OniNoFro]

To remain respectful and still be scandalous, I will say this Rachel Riley is one of the most significant motivators for why boys and men are THOROUGHLY invested in maths.

[@afriendofafriend5766]

why would you add the 9 to the 100 when you can just add the 8 and the 2 and multiply by 6?

[@Physicus9]

God I love Rachel

[@NotDeluded]

The one where she's wearing the Viking beard & helmet ... And what Sean says... 😅😂

[@zouchmusic]

A lot of us are trying to get her sacked for her racist comments.

[@davewhitmore1958]

@@zouchmusic A lot of you need to get a f*cking life, mate!

[@TheKiakiraly]

@@zouchmusicwhat comments

[@slake9727]

​@zouchmusic I'm curious: What racist comments

[@dawggonevidz9140]

Never noticed it until just then when he said smash the studio up. but you reckon joe might secretly be James Acaster's dad?

[@funnyfarmmaterial6170]

First

[@1dimtim]

gross two grown men math debating

[@falldogii]

The women comedians are not funny. Why persist in this silly DEI business? Just put funny people on.

[@wesschaffran9088]

Rachel is the best woman ever.

[@dmontes133]

🤣🤣🤣