Countdown Game Show - Number Rounds (5 August 2024)

Colin Murray and Rachel Riley host as contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers. Clara Amfo joins Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner. Each day two contestants compete in 15 rounds of words and numbers to become the Countdown Champion.
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BACKGROUND
Countdown is the channel’s longest running show and the first show ever broadcast on Channel 4 when it launched 40 years ago, in November 1982. The original version of Channel 4's Countdown is the French television programme « Des chiffres et des lettres » (literally "numbers and letters"), where the Numbers Round is referred to as « Le compte est bon » ("the total is right"). The show debuted in 1965 as « Le mot le plus long » using letters only, and reached its present format in 1972. This year marks the shows 51st anniversary.
Playlist: • The Original Countdown...
SPIN-OFF
"8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown" is hosted by Jimmy Carr, with Rachel Riley and Susie Dent assuming their Countdown roles. The formation of the crossover with "8 Out if 10 Cats" began as a series of specials, the first of which was broadcast on 2 January 2012, when Channel 4 orchestrated a special "mash-up night", merging two shows to form a special edition of the pair, as part of its 30th-anniversary celebrations eleven years ago.
Playlist: • Series 23 - 8oo10cdc (...

[@danbaker300]

For 617, I could get to one either side: 25 * 5 * (4+1) is 625, subtract 9 for 616, add 2 for 618.

[@medusa_404]

617:
5 + 1 = 6
25 * 6 = 150
150 + 2 = 152
152 * 4 = 608
608 + 9 = 617

[@crystalaustralia]

I also got this way and before Rachel for once 🎉

[@michaelno1865]

for the 254 one where they both got 251 was suprised they didnt just added all of the numbers except for 8

[@easternbrown]

Wow, Rachel missing 617 was really 😮

[@einSteppenwolf]

771=10×(75+2)+3/3

[@einSteppenwolf]

497=7×(75+5-9)=7×(75-5+1)

[@quizmaster85]

For 497:
75 - 5 = 70
70 × 7 = 490
8 - 1 = 7
490 + 7 = *_497_*

[@alos1978]

1. (75+5+1)x7=497
2. (75+2)x10+3/3=771
3. (75+1)x100/25-50=254
4. ((1+5)x25+2)x4+9=617
5. Undercoat

[@GreedyReidy94]

1 you mean 75 not 85

[@medusa_404]

254:
75 + 1 = 76
76 * 8 = 608
608 - 100 = 508
508 * 25 / 50 = 254
75 + 1 = 76
76 * 100 / 25 = 304
304 - 50 = 254
75 - 1 = 74
74 * 4 = 296
296 + 8 - 50 = 254

[@RussellSmith91]

I went a bit more complicated with 497:
75 x 7 = 525
9 - 5 = 4
8 - 1 = 7
4 x 7 = 28
525 - 28 = 497

[@GreedyReidy94]

That’s how I did it

[@MaybeItsGas]

Cant believe i got 617 before rachel. Got it the same way she did but way quicker

[@medusa_404]

771:
75 + 50 = 125
125 * 2 = 250
250 + 10 - 3 = 257
257 * 3 = 771
75 + 10 = 85
85 * 3 = 255
255 + 2 = 257
257 * 3 = 771
75 + 2 = 77
77 * 10 = 770
3 / 3 = 1
770 + 1 = 771

[@boybawang1981]

9X8 = 72-1 = 71X7 = 497
9X7 = 63 75-5 = 70X8 = 560-63 = 497
50+10 = 60X3 = 180+75+2 = 257X3 = 771
3÷3 = 1 75+2 = 77X10 = 770+1 = 771
75+1 = 76 100÷25 = 4X76 = 304-50 = 254
5+1 = 6X25 = 150+2 = 152X4 = 608+9 = 617

[@medusa_404]

771:
75 + 50 = 125
125 * 2 = 250
250 + 10 - 3 = 257
257 * 3 = 771
75 + 10 = 85
85 * 3 = 255
255 + 2 = 257
257 * 3 = 771
75 + 2 = 77
77 * 10 = 770
3 / 3 = 1
770 + 1 = 771