Playing along with the SBS game show Letters and Numbers.
LEARNED COMETS9*100-25-5=870 went over BOTTLE PRANCED(7*25+6*2-1)*5=930 over BOSSIER(1+1)*(75+25)=200 (didn't go over this time!) PHILATELY (18s)
Oh, getting the conundrum was really well done, Mike! And that was a very nice round 6 solution, too.1. DREADER (to my shame... saw LEARNED after time)2. EMETICS3. 870 = 9*100 - 5*64. TIMEOUT5. FURNACE6. 930 = (7*5 + 2)*25 + 6 - 17. BARONESS (and BARONIES)8. 200 = (7 + 1)*259. [no answer, but it was PHILATELY]
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LEARNED
COMETS
9*100-25-5=870 went over
BOTTLE
PRANCED
(7*25+6*2-1)*5=930 over
BOSSIER
(1+1)*(75+25)=200 (didn't go over this time!)
PHILATELY (18s)
Oh, getting the conundrum was really well done, Mike! And that was a very nice round 6 solution, too.
1. DREADER (to my shame... saw LEARNED after time)
2. EMETICS
3. 870 = 9*100 - 5*6
4. TIMEOUT
5. FURNACE
6. 930 = (7*5 + 2)*25 + 6 - 1
7. BARONESS (and BARONIES)
8. 200 = (7 + 1)*25
9. [no answer, but it was PHILATELY]
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