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Civilian_Target · 23-07-2004 11:01AM

75*9=675+7+3-1=684

Civilian_Target · 23-07-2004 11:02AM

1 2 3 4 5 100 target: 837

lisa.c · 23-07-2004 11:17AM

Originally posted by Civilian_Target
lisa: The target of this game isn't to set impossible longterm number challenges, it's for a quick bit of maths in between work, for me anyway, and when I see something like your impossible 998, I just don't bother trying to solve.

Remember, on countdown they have to solve in 30 seconds, without calculators.

if its possible civilian solve it if not post new numbers

Dave · 23-07-2004 11:20AM

Have a bit of patience lisa

(100 + 5) * (4 * 2) = 840 - 3 = 837

Dave · 23-07-2004 11:21AM

6 8 1 6 4 50

744

John · 23-07-2004 11:22AM

Originally posted by Civilian_Target
1 2 3 4 5 100 target: 837

[(100+5)*2*4]-3=837

lisa.c · 23-07-2004 11:22AM

apolagies civilian ,fair deuce dave.

John · 23-07-2004 11:24AM

Originally posted by Dave
6 8 1 6 4 50

744

[(6+8+1)*50]-6=744

Civilian_Target · 23-07-2004 11:24AM

Exactly. I checked before i posted, and this was a tricky enough one. But yeah, I used a pretty similar solution to daves.

lisa.c · 23-07-2004 11:26AM

8+6=14+1=15*50=750-6=744

John · 23-07-2004 11:26AM

1 3 6 7 8 25

Target=468

Dave · 23-07-2004 11:29AM

(25 + 6) * (7 + 8) = 465 + 3 = 468

Dave · 23-07-2004 11:30AM

5 4 4 3 1 25

347

* Now for lunch

roar_ie · 23-07-2004 11:32AM

(5 + 4 + 4 + 1) * 25 = 350 - 3 = 347

roar_ie · 23-07-2004 12:52PM

2 4 7 8 25 50

Target: 30 (use all numbers pls)

Civilian_Target · 23-07-2004 12:54PM

25+8+4-7=30

Civilian_Target · 23-07-2004 12:54PM

1 3 4 8 9 75 target 396

John · 23-07-2004 01:04PM

Originally posted by roar_ie
2 4 7 8 25 50

Target: 30 (use all numbers pls)

50-25=25
(2*8)+25=41
41-7-4=30

Civilian_Target · 23-07-2004 01:07PM

There's no rule on countdown to use all the numbers, screw that!

The challenge is set, it's all yours

John · 23-07-2004 01:13PM

hey I accept you one, it just took me ages to do it with all the numbers so I completely missed your post in the meantime.

Civilian_Target · 23-07-2004 01:34PM

Ahh, right. The trick is to hit F5 when you're done to make sure no one's beaten you to the post.

John · 23-07-2004 01:58PM

cheers.

I'm struggling with your last one now. I got 397 but forgot how I did it.

Civilian_Target · 23-07-2004 02:04PM

Want the solution?

Pacifico · 23-07-2004 02:08PM

(75 +4) * (8-3) = 395 +1

Pacifico · 23-07-2004 02:10PM

100 75 25 50 3 1 Target: 667

John · 23-07-2004 03:08PM

is this actually do-able? The closest I can get is 5 away

Civilian_Target · 23-07-2004 03:19PM

I very much doubt it, although I haven't tried. It looks sadist TBH.
And now it's just occured to me how to do it!

75-1=74*25=1850+1=1851/3=617+50=667

[EDIT]I saw the gist, but had to resort to the calculator for the grunt work....

Eureka!

Civilian_Target · 23-07-2004 03:20PM

1 2 4 5 7 25 target 653

ecksor · 23-07-2004 03:21PM

You used 1 twice, but it's a nice try.

Civilian_Target · 23-07-2004 03:24PM

Ahh balls, so I did. But that just stops the decimal places in the answer. Otherwise you get 666.67 which you can round up to 667 anyway

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