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meditraitor wrote:

Two 9s dude( is this allowed)

9 + 4 = 13
75 - 13 = 62
5 + 62 = 67
3 + 9 = 12
12 x 67 = 804

Yep - same small numbers cropping up happens all the time on the programme. It's the numbers used more than once in the solution
which isn't allowed.

Well done on getting it. It wasn't meant to be easy.

doh.ie wrote:

New one...

[625] 1, 1, 10, 8, 6,10

And before anyone asks, yes, you can select all small numbers (which includes 10) on the programme.

I would bow at the feet of any person who can get this........... 626 is the closest possible in my opinion

75-1 = 74
10-1 = 9
74x9 = 666
100/50 = 2
666/2 = 333

man that was a tough one....

100, 75, 10, 3, 1, 5
246

4+6 = 10
10x25 = 250
250+9 = 259
5-2 = 3
259x3 = 777

100,75,50,10,6,3
617

ixoy wrote:

Don't you need at least one large?

no, on the original game you can choose all small numbers.

meditraitor wrote:

I would bow at the feet of any person who can get this........... 626 is the closest possible in my opinion

closest i deem possible is 624...
1+1=2
8/2=4
10X10=100
100+4=104
104X6=624

derek27 wrote:

closest i deem possible is 624...
1+1=2
8/2=4
10X10=100
100+4=104
104X6=624

Both within 1, exact is not possible IMO

strassenwolf wrote:

8*7=56
56+3=59
59*9=531

I don't think you have to have any large ones - I think you're allowed to say "6 from the bottom please Carol" or even "6 from the top please Carol" - at least you used to be. It was a good way of snookering your opponent if you were ahead before the numbers - though not very sporting.

Anyway,

2 5 7 8 10 25 T=717

there's only 4 from the top, but yeah, you can choose all 4 of them along with 2 small ones.

5X7=35
35X2=70
70X10=700
700+25-8=717

6, 3, 1, 9, 25, 75
target = 193

derek27 wrote:

closest i deem possible is 624...
1+1=2
8/2=4
10X10=100
100+4=104
104X6=624

Yeah, I'm pretty sure this can't be done either. (Was my own one, but I didn't check for a solution in advance.) Have tried everything. This was featured on Countdown once, wasn't solved (in the 30 seconds, or by Carol) then either.

Happens quite a lot, numbers which can't produce a solution.

By the way, all small numbers or four big, two small can, and has, happened on the show, so a selection like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and a target of several hundred.

meditraitor wrote:

100,25,50,75,10,1
888

You're joking right?

75 * (10+1) = 825 + 50 = 875 + 100/25 = 879

I won't start another one cos I've one unfinished as does derek27

derek27 wrote:

1, 2, 3, 5, 75, 100
target = 266

(100 * 2) + 75 = 275 - (5 + 3 + 1) = 266

50 75 3 8 4 1
Target = 627

Macros42 wrote:

(100 * 2) + 75 = 275 - (5 + 3 + 1) = 266

50 75 3 8 4 1
Target = 627

50X4=200+8+1=209X3=627

doh.ie wrote:

Just to give the alternative on this one. 626 is possible on the other side, but not the elusive 625.

(((1+6)*8)*(1+10))+10 = 626

^^^^^^^^
that's not very clear. totals 514