Countdown

Toasty

is there the other part of countdown on boards.ie like sum1 puts up letters and then the other users have to see who can get the biggest word?????????????

Tar.Aldarion

Nope, i'm sure you could try and make it somewhere...

Toy

To get the ball rolling, although I think anymore if over 6 hours pass since a solution has been posted without a new one then it's open to anyone to post one?

Anyway:

1, 1, 8, 9, 10, 25 T=622

100gSoma

(9*((1+1)*(10+25)))-8 = 622

1, 1, 2, 8, 9, 25 T=586

Hobart

25 - 1 = 24 * (8*(2+1)) = 576 + 9 = 585 Nearest I can get.

The Muppet

1, 1, 2, 8, 9, 25 T=586

(25+8)X2 = 66

66 -1 = 65

65 x 9 = 585

585 +1= 586





2, 4, 1, 2, 1, 25 T = 379

Toy

Closest I have is 2 away at 381:

(1+2)*(25*(4+1))+2)

Bill McH

Also 2 away

(2+1)*(4+1)=15
15*25=375
375+2=377

100gSoma

2*(2*((4*(25-1))-1)) = 380 one away...

Toy

100gSoma wrote:

2*(2*((4*(25-1))-1)) = 380 one away...

I think that's as close as we're going to get with this one.

Toasty

yeah i think that one is impossible!! i'm thinking of starting a countdown words thread..... does anybody think ppl would be interested and if think ppl think its a gud idead please tell me what forum to put it in??
thanks...replies would be great!!

Pal

Toasty wrote:

yeah i think that one is impossible!! i'm thinking of starting a countdown words thread..... does anybody think ppl would be interested and if think ppl think its a gud idead please tell me what forum to put it in??
thanks...replies would be great!!

folks will be able to just use an internet anagram solver.

go ahead anyway. see how it flies.

doh.ie

Pal wrote:

folks will be able to just use an internet anagram solver.

To be honest, people could use a "Countdown puzzle solver" for this thread if they wanted too, but that'd take all the fun out of it.

100gSoma

Toy wrote:

I think that's as close as we're going to get with this one.

2, 3, 7, 25, 9, 2 T633

Pal

registering a close one ((9x(25-2))x3)+(7+2)=635 two away

Bill McH

100gSoma wrote:

2, 3, 7, 25, 9, 2 T633

25*9=225
7*2=14
225-14=211
211*3=633


1, 4, 5, 6, 6, 75 Target = 433

w66w66

75-4=71*6=426+6+1=433

2,4,8,10,25,75>>>>765

Bill McH

w66w66 wrote:

2,4,8,10,25,75>>>>765

75*10=750
750+25=775
775-(8+2)=765

1,3,3,5,8,75 Target=801

Toy

(75+8+5+1)*3*3 = 801

1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 50 T=727

Hobart

Toy wrote:

(75+8+5+1)*3*3 = 801

1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 50 T=727

(((50-2)*(9+5+1))+7)=727

1,4,8.8,9,25 T= 989

w66w66

4*9=36+1=37*25=925
8*8=64+925=989

1,3,4,5,7,75>>556

Sherifu

w66w66 wrote:

1,3,4,5,7,75>>556

(75-3)*(7+1)=576
576-(5*4)=556

50,3,9,5,1,4 target=412

Hobart

rkm wrote:

(75-3)*(7+1)=576
576-(5*4)=556

50,3,9,5,1,4 target=412

(50-4) * 9 = 414

414 - (3-1) = 412

2,7,7,1,4,50 t = 666

Idleater

((2*50)-4)*7 = 672 - (7-1) = 666


2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 75 Target=574

w66w66

75+6=81*7=567
9-2=7
567+7=574

3,4,5,7,25,100>>>>842

Pal

one away
(5x7x25)-((100-4)/3)=843

Idleater

Pal wrote:

one away
(5x7x25)-((100-4)/3)=843

(25*5*7) - (100/3) = 841 and 2/3 ......... 1/3 away.:) (presumably this doesn't count though)

Bill McH

w66w66 wrote:

3,4,5,7,25,100>>>>842

25*100=2500
2500+5=2505
2505/3=835
835+7=842

1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 25 Target =613

w66w66

3*25=75-7=68
68*9=612+1=613

5,6,8,8,50,100>>>439

Toy

(8*8*6)+50+5 = 439

1, 2, 25, 50, 75, 100 T=637