Timeline for Name of the Countdown Numbers round problem - and algorithmic solutions?
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| Nov 14, 2017 at 23:31 | comment | added | Tim Down | The solution to the example, extremely impressive though it is, is not as complicated as it may first appear. His thought process, minus more obvious stuff he may have tried, is likely to have been "I can get to 954 using (100+6)*9, which I can do via (100+6)*3*75/25. I have a 50 left and 50/25 is two, so I can take the 50 off (100+6)*3*75 before dividing by 25". | |
| Nov 10, 2013 at 17:52 | history | edited | Martin | CC BY-SA 3.0 | fixed grammatical errors |
| Oct 19, 2013 at 9:04 | history | answered | Martin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |