Caroline showed up and did her best. It's just amazing that she managed to dodge even a single person who could consistently solved math problems of a 6-out-of-10 difficulty level. She was begging an opponent to take an easy 20 points off of her in the math portion, and nobody ever did. Fair play, though. She must be excellent at the letters.
I liked Caroline, if you’re wondering why she’s making mistakes it’s probably because they record a week of episodes in a day. This would have been her fifth show in just one day so one can forgive for for fumbling a bit by the end and getting tired😅
She’s a retired maths teacher, she did get some impressive ones though. She’s only human your brain can do really stupid things under the lights and cameras
Ooh, even by Caroline's standards, that fumble on the 392 round was painful (she was three away from her declared number with a 1 and a 4 left). I had a different method for the last one I haven't seen here yet: 75 + 7 = 82 82 + 10 = 820 820 + 50 + 2 = 872
1. (3+10)x50+2=652 or (10-3)x2x50-(6x8)=652 2. (2+10+25)x3=111 or (3x9+10)x75/25=111 3. (25x2-1)x8=392 or (25-1-4)x2x10-8=392 4. (75+7)x10+2+50=872 or (2x8x50)+75-10+7=872
That 392 one was way easier than they made it seem, 25 x 4 is 100, so find a way of making 16 (10+2+4) and you've got 400, with the 8 there to get you over the line (EDIT: after watching the rest of the clip I realise that's how the other guy got it haha!)
In the first numbers round, I saw Heather's solution and also had these: 50 x 2 = 100 100 + 10 = 110 110 x 6 = 660 660 - 8 = 652 50 - 6 = 44 10 + 3 + 2 = 15 44 x 15 = 660 660 - 8 = 652 50 - 3 = 47 8 / 2 = 4 10 + 4 = 14 47 x 14 = 658 658 - 6 = 652 In the second round, I sort of saw Heather's solution, but I did the easier 75 + 25 + 9 + 2 = 111. However, I also had these alternatives: 10 + 2 = 12 12 x 3 = 36 75 + 36 = 111 9 + 2 = 11 11 x 10 = 110 25 x 3 = 75 75 / 75 = 1 110 + 1 = 111 And if you want to go up into four digits, you can with this solution: 9 x 3 = 27 27 + 10 = 37 75 x 37 = 2775 2775 / 25 = 111 But it is equivalent to merely multiplying by 37 x 3. in the third round, I saw the Dictionary Corner guest's solution, but also had these: 25 x 2 = 50 50 - 1 = 49 49 x 8 = 392 This is Colin's "divisible by 8 solution". And another is: 10 x 2 = 20 20 + 4 = 24 25 + 24 = 49 49 x 8 = 392 25 x 8 = 200 200 - 4 = 196 196 x 2 = 392 25 - 2 - 1 = 22 10 + 8 = 18 22 x 18 = 396 396 - 4 = 392 In the final numbers round, I saw Rachel's solution. Her other solution was probably one of my first two. 75 + 7 = 82 82 x 10 = 820 820 + 50 + 2 = 872 50 x 8 x 2 = 800 800 + 75 = 875 10 - 7 = 3 875 - 3 = 872 10 + 2 = 12 12 x 7 = 84 84 - 50 = 34 75 + 34 = 109 109 x 8 = 872 50 + 8 = 58 75 x 58 = 4350 4350 + 10 = 4360 7 - 2 = 5 4360 / 5 = 872
The first two were too easy. I nearly missed the third, fixated on 2x8 and only saw the addition with five seconds to spare. The last number, I missed. Got 875. 10+8=18, 18x50=900, 50/2=25, 900-25=875
The missing 392 seems like an obvious mistake. 8×2×25=400 Since we're 8 away and have a 4 it makes sense that instead we should do: 8×25=200 200-4=196 196×2=392
