tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post8268833459455149915..comments2023-06-02T12:22:11.624+10:00Comments on Playing Letters and Numbers: NG 1042Geoff Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11150696891132723600noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-8993596033208849522017-11-29T11:30:18.623+11:002017-11-29T11:30:18.623+11:001. FABRICS
2. CRANNIES
3. 385 = (7 - 1 - 1)*75 + 1...1. FABRICS<br />2. CRANNIES<br />3. 385 = (7 - 1 - 1)*75 + 10 [2 off]<br />4. RELATE (somehow missed TOLERATE, which I saw immediately after time)<br />5. ROADSTEAD (this could have been a conundrum the way it was laid out)<br />6. 651 = (8 + 5)*50 + 7 - 6<br />7. IMMURED<br />8. 586 = 7*(75 + 9) - 2<br />9. [N/A -- chosen, but the answer is TRILOBITE]<br /><br />Round 3 was a bit disappointing -- two off is indeed the best that can be done, but small changes would have made it solvable. For instance, if one of those ones were a two then we could have had (7*100 + 75 - 1)/2 = 387. Or if 50 were one of the big numbers then (10 - 1)*(50 - 7) = 387 would have been an option. A shame.<br />Geoff Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11150696891132723600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-3723665957695659372017-11-29T10:54:39.780+11:002017-11-29T10:54:39.780+11:00BOARS
CANNIER
(10+7-1)*(100-75-1)=384 (3 off and w...BOARS<br />CANNIER<br />(10+7-1)*(100-75-1)=384 (3 off and went over) <br />LATTER <br />ROASTED<br />(5+8)*50+7-6=651 <br />GUMMIER<br />6*(75+25)-7*2=586 <br />xMike Backhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265408052872463790noreply@blogger.com