1. FABRICS 2. CRANNIES 3. 385 = (7 - 1 - 1)*75 + 10 [2 off] 4. RELATE (somehow missed TOLERATE, which I saw immediately after time) 5. ROADSTEAD (this could have been a conundrum the way it was laid out) 6. 651 = (8 + 5)*50 + 7 - 6 7. IMMURED 8. 586 = 7*(75 + 9) - 2 9. [N/A -- chosen, but the answer is TRILOBITE]
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.
2 comments:
BOARS
CANNIER
(10+7-1)*(100-75-1)=384 (3 off and went over)
LATTER
ROASTED
(5+8)*50+7-6=651
GUMMIER
6*(75+25)-7*2=586
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1. FABRICS
2. CRANNIES
3. 385 = (7 - 1 - 1)*75 + 10 [2 off]
4. RELATE (somehow missed TOLERATE, which I saw immediately after time)
5. ROADSTEAD (this could have been a conundrum the way it was laid out)
6. 651 = (8 + 5)*50 + 7 - 6
7. IMMURED
8. 586 = 7*(75 + 9) - 2
9. [N/A -- chosen, but the answer is TRILOBITE]
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.
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