This isn’t the best one - the best one occurred during Carol Vordermans time. I can’t remember the details but it was just as or maybe even more complex than this one.
If you take all 4 large, you can use "the 937.5 trick". Both (25*75)/(100/50) and (50*75)/(100/25) = 937.5. Now you can add in the small numbers at strategic locations to nudge the numbers up and down. so say you have to get 827 and you have 25,50,75 and 100, 2,3 you can do ((25-3)*75)/(100/50)+2. You can add or subtract strategically like this, changing the multiplicand for the 25 or 75 for big adjustments, and making small adjustments like ((25*75)+1) like in the video. Though this method more often produces situations where you can't get the exact answer, you can always get close relatively easily, which is much better than your opponent who doesn't know the 937.5 trick!
He doesn't need to, he might just know about 1875. You don't need to know about 93800 in order to know that 1876 x (500/1000) = 938. He probably ruled out 500 and 1000 as a "probably going to use this to double or half something". 940 x 2 = 1880, from which you can notice the proximity of 1875 if you know it by heart, and work it out from there. Naturally, that's still very difficult and impressive in such a small time!
@@D1Dunewell actually i think that everyone who chooses to play 4L knows that 25*50*75/100 = 937.5 so anything near that is doable by just adding or subtracting from these number
(75*25+1)(50/100)+2 The first part is the tricky one, but I guess if you play this game a lot you know all the permutations of the big numbers. I wouldn't have noticed that 75*25 is roughly 940*2 even if I had 5 minutes.
Just discovered this show (due to the viral clip from a few years ago). Gotta say, I don't see how this one could be "the best." I'm no math wiz, but this one really wasn't very difficult to me? (That said, it did take me significantly longer than 30 seconds, haha.)
I really would like to watch how Carol would have managed this. I think she makes the game more special and makes you say the contestant is a genius! This however was a bit dull for me.
