tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post4109092905946221466..comments2023-06-02T12:22:11.624+10:00Comments on Playing Letters and Numbers: Ep 115: Jayden Spudvilas-Powell, Jack Dell (May 31, 2016; originally aired January 7, 2011)Geoff Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11150696891132723600noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-71728584801874868842016-06-03T05:15:46.208+10:002016-06-03T05:15:46.208+10:00Thanks for the heads up on DIABLOMAN, Geoff. A re...Thanks for the heads up on DIABLOMAN, Geoff. A real hoot to see it exists (in the non Macquarie world of course...)Mike Backhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265408052872463790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-6794363885185346262016-06-02T20:08:47.653+10:002016-06-02T20:08:47.653+10:00Round 1 - Threes
Round 2 - Crafted
Round 3 - (75-2...Round 1 - Threes<br />Round 2 - Crafted<br />Round 3 - (75-25)*10=500, 500-(8-1)=493 (1 away)<br />Round 4 - Donates<br />Round 5 - Poacher<br />Round 6 - (10+10)*9=180<br />Round 7 - Smile<br />Round 8 - (100+50+7)-(9-7)=155<br />Round 9 - Abdominal (Total time : 28.0 seconds)BadBeatPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15600980497380264436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-36170808496239782082016-06-02T19:51:04.047+10:002016-06-02T19:51:04.047+10:00Thanks for the clarification Geoff. Please disrega...Thanks for the clarification Geoff. Please disregard my previous post. :PBadBeatPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15600980497380264436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-48107953312121577652016-06-02T18:48:23.989+10:002016-06-02T18:48:23.989+10:00Pete: I'm afraid you've missed the mark wi...Pete: I'm afraid you've missed the mark with both observations. If you watch them again, you'll see that what Lily did was "add the 7, then subtract the 9", and that does indeed get to 155. I wrote this up as subtracting (9 - 7) because it was more obvious how one might see it that way. And in that round you refer to from episode 116 (which I'm just about to write up) there were indeed three S's available.<br /><br />Thanks for the sympathy, Mike, although my non-full monty was self-inflicted, as it were. Nice rearrangement of ABDOMINAL that you found, too. DIABLO-MAN does not seem to be a comic character, but it is <a href="http://trifreaks.com/diabloman-triathlon/" rel="nofollow">a triathlon up Mount Diablo</a>. So there's that.<br /><br />Sam: Nice game, and very interesting route to 155 that you found!<br />Geoff Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11150696891132723600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-80347668062275060762016-06-02T09:57:45.423+10:002016-06-02T09:57:45.423+10:00Jayden looked like pre-moustache Freddie Mercury.
...Jayden looked like pre-moustache Freddie Mercury.<br /><br />Great letter rounds from Jack.<br /><br />1. REFUTES/SHIFTER<br />2. FACTORED<br />3. 493 = 10*(75 - 25) - 8 + 1<br />4. DONATES<br />5. HEROICAL<br />6. 180 = 9*(10 + 10)<br />7. CLIMES<br />8. 155 = 100 + 7*7 + 9*50/75 or 9*(100-75-7) - 7. Didn't see the 7+7-9 way.<br />9. ABDOMINAL ~8-10sSam Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11974226775029093087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-41509401667258452992016-06-02T05:47:21.626+10:002016-06-02T05:47:21.626+10:00Interesting observations Pete!
FESTER
CARTED
Geof...Interesting observations Pete!<br /><br />FESTER<br />CARTED<br />Geoff's way (1 off)<br />TOSSED (bad luck on the full monty Geoff)<br />POACHER<br />10*(9+10-1)=180 <br />CLIMES<br />Geoff's way <br />x nothing in time, but did note DIABLO-MAN (a new comic character perhaps?)Mike Backhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265408052872463790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-32542591312464106462016-06-01T22:40:26.222+10:002016-06-01T22:40:26.222+10:00"Lily demonstrates the simple adjustment that..."Lily demonstrates the simple adjustment that they missed, subtracting (9 - 7) from their approach to get to the target."<br /><br />I saw this and yet, she was supposed to subtract (9-7) from 157 to make 155. She accidentally added (9-7) from 157 to get 159, and wrote the answer as 155.<br /><br />Even mathematicians get some wrong. ;)<br /><br />I just saw today's episode (Episodoe 116), and even David fell victim to using an extra letter that wasn't there (Phantom Letter Syndrome). He used "S" three times when there was only two. I don't think he realized it either as he didn't correct himself.<br /><br />Good to know it's not just contestants and viewers who get some puzzles wrong. :)BadBeatPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15600980497380264436noreply@blogger.com