Playing along with the SBS game show Letters and Numbers.
TowingDrouse50*10+75+3=578 ( 1 away)MangoPiece(100-8*2+2)*4=344Scouts(100*9-50)-10/(4+1)=848X
Round 1 - RootingRound 2 - DruidsRound 3 - (100+50)-3=147, (147*4)-10=578 (1 away)Round 4 - HomingRound 5 - MinceRound 6 - (100-(8*2)+2=86, 86*4=344Round 7 - OsculatesRound 8 - (100*9)-(50+1)=849 (1 away)Round 9 - x
Well done on the full monty Pete. ROOTING ROUSEDSenaka's way (1 off)HAMMING MINCESenaka and Pete's way CASTLESSenaka's way x my unscrambler couldn't even find it!
It looks like I'm going to be too busy to put up decent writeups for a while -- apologies. In this case the conundrum was VICEREINE, the female equivalent of a viceroy. My answers:1. ROTTING2. FOREDID3. 578 = 10*50 + 75 + 3 [1 off]4. HAMMING5. PIEMEN6. 344 = 4*100 - 8*(9 - 2)7. OSCULATES / CASSOULET8. 848 = (9 - 1)*(100 + 10 - 4)9. [N/A -- chosen after being presented with VERVECINE]Considerably after time I found a solution to round 3: 577 = (100/50)*(4*75 - 10) - 3
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Towing
Drouse
50*10+75+3=578 ( 1 away)
Mango
Piece
(100-8*2+2)*4=344
Scouts
(100*9-50)-10/(4+1)=848
X
Round 1 - Rooting
Round 2 - Druids
Round 3 - (100+50)-3=147, (147*4)-10=578 (1 away)
Round 4 - Homing
Round 5 - Mince
Round 6 - (100-(8*2)+2=86, 86*4=344
Round 7 - Osculates
Round 8 - (100*9)-(50+1)=849 (1 away)
Round 9 - x
Well done on the full monty Pete.
ROOTING
ROUSED
Senaka's way (1 off)
HAMMING
MINCE
Senaka and Pete's way
CASTLES
Senaka's way
x my unscrambler couldn't even find it!
It looks like I'm going to be too busy to put up decent writeups for a while -- apologies. In this case the conundrum was VICEREINE, the female equivalent of a viceroy. My answers:
1. ROTTING
2. FOREDID
3. 578 = 10*50 + 75 + 3 [1 off]
4. HAMMING
5. PIEMEN
6. 344 = 4*100 - 8*(9 - 2)
7. OSCULATES / CASSOULET
8. 848 = (9 - 1)*(100 + 10 - 4)
9. [N/A -- chosen after being presented with VERVECINE]
Considerably after time I found a solution to round 3: 577 = (100/50)*(4*75 - 10) - 3
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