Tuesday 7 March 2017

NG 882

New game 882 is now available.

3 comments:

Mike Backhouse said...

FEARED
PAINT and then CAPTAIN just after
7*(100+25-4+3)=868
SCOOPS
ROARS
(6+3-1)*7*9=504 (1 off and went over)
WARM
75+50+100+2+9+1=237 (I wonder how often a numbers solution comprises just adding all six numbers together?)
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Geoff Bailey said...

1. DECLARE
2. CAPTAIN (also RADIANT)
3. 868 = 7*(100 + 25) - 4 - 3
4. SCOOPS
5. TAILORS
6. 505 = 9*7*4*6/3 + 1
7. MINIM (saw MINIMA some hours later... embarrassing!)
8. 37 = (9*50 + 100 - 75 - 1)/2
9. UNAPPLIED (1.7s)

Huh, I completely missed the "just add everything" option for round 8. Nicely spotted! And the answer is a little less than one in 899 times, since sometimes the six numbers won't sum as high as 101.

... OK, so it's one in 899 for four large and three large, never for six small, approximately one in 1022.7 for two large, and approximately one in 2215 for one large.

Mike Backhouse said...

Thanks for the stats Geoff. Interesting.