Playing along with the SBS game show Letters and Numbers.
STUPORSTREATER(5+5+3)*8*9+6=942 (4 off and went over) SHIPMAN CHAIN7*(25+75+9)+7=770 (3 off and went over) SCONED(6+4)*50-9-3=488 x grrr
Oh, SHIPMAN is nice -- well done!1. SUSPECT2. RETREAT3. 945 = (3*5 + 6)*5*9 [1 off]4. PHOBIAS5. INHABIT6. 774 = 9*(75 + 25 - 7 - 7) [1 off]7. CONDUCES* (CONDUCE is listed as part of CONDUCE TO)8. 488 = (6*9 + 4 + 3)*89. SURRENDER (8.2s)Tough numbers today. There's only one solution to round three, using the factorisation 22*43 for 946 = (3*9 - 5)*(6*8 - 5). And there are only two solutions to round 6, both going via 798: 773 = (75 + 7*7 + 9)*6 - 25 and 773 = (7*75 + 7)*9/6 - 25.
Fun rounds today.1. x SUSPECTOR2. FETTER3. two off: 948 = ((9-3)*5*5+8)*6. 105*9 would have been better.4. PHOBIAS5. INHABIT/CHIANTI6. one off: 774 = (75+25-7-7)*97. CONDUCES8. 488 = 9*50 + 4*8 + 69. SURRENDER - 2.1s
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STUPORS
TREATER
(5+5+3)*8*9+6=942 (4 off and went over)
SHIPMAN
CHAIN
7*(25+75+9)+7=770 (3 off and went over)
SCONED
(6+4)*50-9-3=488
x grrr
Oh, SHIPMAN is nice -- well done!
1. SUSPECT
2. RETREAT
3. 945 = (3*5 + 6)*5*9 [1 off]
4. PHOBIAS
5. INHABIT
6. 774 = 9*(75 + 25 - 7 - 7) [1 off]
7. CONDUCES* (CONDUCE is listed as part of CONDUCE TO)
8. 488 = (6*9 + 4 + 3)*8
9. SURRENDER (8.2s)
Tough numbers today. There's only one solution to round three, using the factorisation 22*43 for 946 = (3*9 - 5)*(6*8 - 5). And there are only two solutions to round 6, both going via 798: 773 = (75 + 7*7 + 9)*6 - 25 and 773 = (7*75 + 7)*9/6 - 25.
Fun rounds today.
1. x SUSPECTOR
2. FETTER
3. two off: 948 = ((9-3)*5*5+8)*6. 105*9 would have been better.
4. PHOBIAS
5. INHABIT/CHIANTI
6. one off: 774 = (75+25-7-7)*9
7. CONDUCES
8. 488 = 9*50 + 4*8 + 6
9. SURRENDER - 2.1s
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