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That first numbers could be done more easily with 75×8-7+100/25 = 597.

Also in the 690 round the challenger did the classic 5×50/25 to make a 10 instead of 50/5.

Numbers trick you sometimes. TBH it took me 20 seconds to spot the 75*8 route.

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Jan 07, 2026 3:16 pm That first numbers could be done more easily with 75×8-7+100/25 = 597.

That's the way I did it too.

p.s. anyone else notice the backhander Rachel gave Megel when he chose 4 large in the 1st numbers:

"Your favourite that you've prepared for, and we've seen evidence of that now"

John Garcia wrote: ↑Wed Jan 07, 2026 5:14 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Jan 07, 2026 3:16 pm That first numbers could be done more easily with 75×8-7+100/25 = 597.

That's the way I did it too.

Me too. Also, absolutely no offence to anyone who might be reading this of course, but as the challenger had already beaten Megel with 4L in rounds 3 and 9, it did seem a strange decision not to choose it for R14!