5 small, 1 large
6 – 7 – 8 – 1 – 7 – 25 – 733
7 – 9 – 2 – 6 – 8 – 50 – 680
4 – 6 – 7 – 4 – 9 – 75 – 933
4 – 8 – 10 – 6 – 6 – 100 – 659
3 – 5 – 10 – 8 – 4 – 50 – 150
4 small, 2 large
1 – 5 – 5 – 10 – 50 – 100 – 783
10 – 9 – 1 – 2 – 100 – 25 – 376
10 – 6 – 9 – 4 – 100 – 25 – 267
6 – 7 – 5 – 5 – 50 – 25 – 478
6 – 2 – 8 – 2 – 25 – 100 – 669
6 small
10 – 10 – 3 – 4 – 1 – 7 – 788
1 – 6 – 4 – 7 – 8 – 5 – 566
4 – 9 – 6 – 6 – 3 – 2 – 110
5 – 3 – 2 – 4 – 3 – 8 – 312
1 – 3 – 6 – 7 – 4 – 9 – 415
4 large, 2 small
25 – 50 – 100 – 75 – 3 – 1 – 638
75 – 100 – 50 – 25 – 4 – 10 – 589
25 – 75 – 100 – 50 – 8 – 2 – 157
100 – 75 – 25 – 50 – 8 – 9 – 542
75 – 100 – 50 – 25 – 8 – 7 – 425
3 large, 3 small
50 – 25 – 100 – 5 – 2 – 7 – 445
75 – 25 – 50 – 9 – 7 – 6 – 134
25 – 100 – 50 – 7 – 5 – 5 – 768
25 – 75 – 100 – 4 – 4 – 3 – 816
75 – 100 – 50 – 1 – 10 – 3 – 723
I love Countdown (aka Letters And Numbers or Des Chiffres Et Des Lettres), always have, and unlike most folks I enjoy the numbers game just as much as the letters game. This sheet gives me the chance to hone my skills. It uses some very simple PHP code to produce random numbers.
These are the rules for the numbers game, as described in the show’s official book, Countdown: Spreading The Word:
There are four rows of numbers to select from: the top row contains the numbers 25, 50, 75 and 100; the other three rows contain the numbers 1-10 (two of each) at random.
One contestant selects six numbers from a selection of 24.
A random three-digit ‘target’ (from 100 to 999) is set and both contestants have thirty seconds to achieve this target using only the four basic operators of addition, subtraction, division and multiplication (no powers, fractions, decimals etc.)
Contestants may use any or all of the numbers but may use each number only once.
Interestingly, those official rules don’t spell out the most common way of specifying which numbers you want: asking for X large numbers and Y small numbers. Happy calculations!
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