The BEST & WORST Of The Maths Challenge | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Channel 4

Let's go to our first round of numbers, okay, Lee Joe, you can choose the numbers, so we will have one from the top, yes, and we will have the rest of bot, wherever it is, from the bottom, yes, one big one, five small ones. 7 five I'm out one three 6 and 50 and the target 605 okay and your time starts now oh oh no, yeah, yeah, so the target was uh 605 Jessica, did you get it? No, I'm 606, okay, did you understand? John, you got it. it You got it for him uh seven hospital I got it I got it I got it you got it okay yeah I got it yeah okay how did you get it? well take the three minus the one multiplied by the big 100 100 times that at six the simple little six and then buang the five on whatever you know what Joe wion Joe Wi still has it come on let's tear up the studio that's awesome , yeah, it's amazing, how do we top that?

We can't, John, can we? do it the same way, it's true that without Panache you didn't understand it, no, Jay wil surpassed me, that has to be a minimum of 10 points for both teams, now it's time for Joe and Jessica to go head to head in the

maths

. Do you feel safe Jessica? Well, not after that. No, you spent a lot of time living in Los Angeles, but you grew up in Yorkshire. What is the main difference you notice? Well, I think the big difference is that I guess what we would call a good time here in Los Angeles they would call a serious drinking problem, one big one from the top and five from the bottom, please Rachel, can we have the same numbers and the same result as the last one?

We can handle it Jo, you've had the proper training, good. 5 8 2 6 9 and 100 yes there is 100 with the possibility of returning to SP The goal is 660 your time starts now this is your bag okay yeah oh no I'm like that oh God oh no so the goal was 660, no, please, Joe, please. Jessica, do you understand? How close were you? Jessica How close were you? 658 658 so you got pretty close Joe Wilkinson Did you do it? I think I might Joe How did you do it? 100 + 9 yes, time 6 654 8 minus the 2, yes, it's oh, I mean, this is exceptional, this is exceptional.

Yo, all the quick questions, has this ever been done before? This is going to appear in the newspapers. 10 points for Joe Walkins, ladies and gentlemen, this next numbers game is a big one. It's time for Oxford Maths graduate Paul Foot to go head to head with

countdown

maths

legend John Richardson, it's the battle of the super nerds, he's an Oxford maths graduate and I'm just a little bit better in mathematics than most of the comics we have. any uh any Trash Talk between them before the battle I didn't find any Trash Talk in the trash can where Paul found his jacket in what's 78 million divided by 4.674 I don't know approximately I know approximately he owned Him, you guys have seen fight free professional, there is or like a big boxing match when they exaggerate it a little and get the purse a little bigger.

I'm sitting between them and the electricity that comes out is incredible. It was just that I've spent years being the guy everyone expects to get points in math and it's wonderful to have someone here who

does

a good job just enjoying being the cool one, you got that? Yes, I have, but it

does

n't matter, why are you crying? John, there's something in my eye and I think it might be a glow. Paul, do you have it? You've got it all right, so your first move, please, John, your first. move seven, okay Paul, your first move seven, what speeds up a little bit, so what was your first multiplication 7 + 4 * 6, okay and yours, Paul 7 + 4 times 10, wait until you hear my next move?

Okay, you have multiplied by 10 and Paul take the two and save it for later Steel Pauls to stick it in my 660 and see what it does then 662 multiply by six multiplied by six add the two that are mine hey on the right, those are my two 10 points for both teams and I think math was the winner Wow, so the goal was 560. Got it Joe? How did you do it? If you can, if you can take this out of the bag on the go. Rachel. Can it be done well? I have one with both, it's one. Of the difficult ones there are many objectives that are simply impossible, okay, then this is really a hail shot, this could go viral. what one 1 + 25 26 Time 4 Time 4 104 well, what's left, you have three to one and two three to one and two that's perfect three yes, add them 3 one and two yes 3 one and two is six yes, multiplied by together 624 I'd be honest with you, it bothers me c 1 + 4 is 5 * 9 is 45 1 plus 4 yes 545 345 Did you get it the same way? uh no, I got it quite differently.

Oh, go ahead, tell us how Vic did it right. uh, there's the three and then you write the four and then you take. the 75 just get rid of the seven and the five, which is a much faster method. I mean, C, did you just give up? I can't do it, but it doesn't make any sense. You can't get 576 of those numbers in 10 seconds in 10. seconds in you g, yes, but even if you multiply them all together and multiply them by a million, you won't even get to 57. I can't even look at a digit. Hing, did you understand?

No, how close am I? be within 10 within 10 you, yes, no, I'm sorry, Sean, do you understand? No, then, no points for anyone, ra, can you do it? Yeah, no, um, 5 + 7 is 12, okay, 6 is 72, yeah, and four * 2 is 8, and multiplying them together, oh. So Sean, did you get it? Yes, how did you do it? Barba de tres dias? Well, let's think about this, just explain your method, okay, I calculate that 25, yes, multiplied by something like three 3 * 70 no, I think it's 100 by 100, why? I'm helping with this, that's four 100 * 25 100 * 25 is 2500 oh 100 minus 25 yeah and then you multiply that by seven yeah and that takes you to 525 then you add your three with your 10, that's the time 3 * 10 two okay done Sean, yes amazing 5 I did it well yes 561 well done Sean oh I can't do it yes I Richard I take the 10 and the square is not allowed in the

countdown

um actually um can you um um cube sorry okay and then I would like that you would square the five of us for me please, I like it and then I would like you to time that 25 between the two of us, the other two perfect and then you take it off and you have your 950, okay, oh sharah, did you do it the way same way? no, I put one of the Nine in front of the 50, the only nine in front of the 50, the nine and then the 50, yeah, yeah, because I think it doesn't matter how you use them, as long as you don't use them. twice that's yeah, so that's what I did, you saw that's easy, too easy, that's too easy, 760 is too easy, John, did you get it?, no, no, re, you got it, no, No, yes, Claudia, you understood. no, I got a little, you got a little, well I got five * 100 is 500 5 + 4 is 9, so pretty much yeah, just a seven you missed, Johnny, not even close.

I just wrote the numbers that would be up there and at that moment. I had finished writing the numbers when the familiar Doom erupted and uh, I just don't think I got the blame. There are no points for anyone. Could it be done? Rachel, yes, it could be done. 100 + 5 for 105 * 5. and then the 50 and the four Johnny, you're okay, just look at it, I feel like my eyes are going to bleed. I'm very happy, what have you done? I thought, I really thought, I got it, how close were you to 750,000, I thought. 75 * 100 was 700 75 * 100 7 I could see where I went wrong now no I'm not, yes, yes I'm not, PR.

Did you understand it? No, I thought you understood. You seemed very calm halfway through. I thought. Yeah, yeah, I mean, it's that calm you feel when you see a meteor heading straight for you and you know you're going to die, so it doesn't matter, maybe she wants to just sit in the chair and walk away. I'm going to Stay well, Claudia, did you get the exact same response he did and I was with that, man? He was writing down the numbers and it was like he was excited about it. I thought I hit the nail on the head, but when I hit 965 I ran out of gas.

I'm 242, damn good. 242 Alan, how did you do it? Well 2 + 4 + 1 is 7, yes, multiplied by 50 2 + 4 + 1 7 is 350 350 Rachel, could you look again please, it's disia? catchy oh yeah, that was a terrible mistake. I think I understood it well. A couple of things, firstly, you're not going to play and secondly, you definitely didn't get it, but let's listen, okay. 4 * 50, that's right, yes, 200, I think. I have it plus um four plus um 2 * 25 so that makes 50 and then minus 1+8 yeah and and the award for the most condescending round of applause on British television goes to us, that's to all of us, could it be? done uh the math but it says yes oh yes what I thought maybe we got points if we got closer but no you only get points if you do it right so no I don't or a point is what are the? rules of this how close you were to 925 925 you would get points for 925, okay so 10 * 9 is 90 6 + 4 is 10 90 * 10 is 900 + 25 is 925 yes, Catherine Five points for Catherine, something is good, Rachel, could it be done? yes if you say 25 - 10 is 15 ok 9 - 6 is 3*4 is 12 add it to 50 to get 62 and 62*15 is 93 oh the 62*15 of course 62*15 is very easy, what happened there? like laughing from behind you don't come here to laugh it's the math round you need to focus on I know it's boring and no one likes it no I've never seen that before everyone was going like that and pointing at the numbers literally no one has ever done that in US history by filming what happened there.

They loved that game. They were playing for a long time. Yes, we know it was easy. Sorry, but these people are not proper countdown players. Harriet couldn't open it. a previous book, you got it, try it hard, I got it, I'll get back to you, I'll get back to you, uh Joe, got it? I have it with a vomiting on the 994th floor emoji very cute, very cute, uh John, do you get it? Yeah, okay, Sean, you got it, yeah, Haret, yeah, how did you get it right, so I missed it at the beginning, but if you add eight and one, nine and then if you add 25 and 75, it's 100 and then 109, not nine times? n* and then come on, you can do this, you're at 900 four number four, what do you do with the four that you had?

So the goal was 405 harri, do you understand? Yes, did Sean help you? No, I mean, I need some cameras to prove something like that, so unless you've set up a bunch of cameras here, I'd like to know how you're going to prove that you can't catch whispers on camera, right, Joe? did you get it how did you get it I kept one but I didn't it's 9 * 50 is equal to 25 without dividing and then 25 add two add eight yeah that's what you looked at it was what again 9 * 50 oh 25 add two add up eight, what 10 points for Hur, yeah, I guess I got smart, no, not really, no, I got it, I got 5,000 5,000 well done, I went into D Jim and started writing the lyrics to Dad, preach, so the target was 9:30, Catherine, did you understand?

Yeah, okay, if I'm right, can I see if I'm right? Yes, go ahead, no, come on, you can do it. I was not wrong. Sean, did you get it? The closest I got was 915 915. Okay, far away, I got it. well Johnny if you think you got it I'll allow it uh 10*n 10*9 is 90 oh I