Chris Moyles Quiz Night - Math Question... 100?!?

KesterK · 09-11-2010, 13:08

Hi,
Did anyone watch last night. The maths question sung by The Wanted... the answer I got every time I tried working it out on a calculator was 34, none of the contestants got it right. The answer was 100! Is this a mistake? or was some of the song edited out and someone forgot it will change the answer.

Nobody got near 100 as their answer, even Jonathan Ross questioned how was the answer 100 last night.

Did anyone work it out as 100?

jonjons · 09-11-2010, 13:16

I got it as 108 but got lost at 56 X2

Victim Of Fate · 09-11-2010, 13:24

What was the question?

Dancc · 09-11-2010, 13:31

I worked it out as 100. I think what happened was in the song they said divide by 2 whilst the writing on screen said multiply by 2. If you multiplied instead of divided at that point, you would have reached 100. I'm guessing everyone else divided.

KesterK · 09-11-2010, 13:34

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Originally Posted by Dancc

I worked it out as 100. I think what happened was in the song they said divide by 2 whilst the writing on screen said multiply by 2. If you multiplied instead of divided at that point, you would have reached 100. I'm guessing everyone else divided.

so basically the editors messed up. I'm gunna watch it again when I get home and I'll type up the question on here.

Shinny04 · 09-11-2010, 13:45

I got 100. They said and showed that in the equation you should multiply it by 2 and again multiply that answer by 2. It's just people not paying attention to the question properly.

Hugh Jboobs · 09-11-2010, 14:00

Maths

KesterK · 09-11-2010, 14:22

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Originally Posted by Hugh Jboobs

Maths

Actually its singular

Killary45 · 09-11-2010, 14:28

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Originally Posted by KesterK

Actually its singular

You are quite right Maths is singular, but ends with an "s". Amazing isn't it?

Not really. Think of Mathematics or Physics or molasses or measles or dress or mumps or hippopotamus or truss or class, or any of a long list of English words that end with "s" but are singular.

KesterK · 09-11-2010, 14:33

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Originally Posted by Killary45

You are quite right Maths is singular, but ends with an "s". Amazing isn't it?

Not really. Think of Mathematics or Physics or molasses or measles or dress or mumps or hippopotamus or truss or class, or any of a long list of English words that end with "s" but are singular.

Math is singular, maths is the plural.

Edit: In America... I watch too many American shows

And I'm not stupid thanks, no need for the sarcasm and to list English words ending in s that are singular

Math and Maths is a bit different as they are both words used.

boksbox · 09-11-2010, 14:46

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Originally Posted by KesterK

Math is singular, maths is the plural.

Edit: In America... I watch too many American shows

And I'm not stupid thanks, no need for the sarcasm and to list English words ending in s that are singular

Math and Maths is a bit different as they are both words used.

Math is not used in the UK, what next having everything simple end in 101 e.g it's so simple it's accountancy 101 etc

KesterK · 09-11-2010, 14:51

Anyway this thread is about the mathS question I admit I was wrong but shame about the sarcasm.

I probably just missed something out in the question, but it was bugging me how I couldn't get it to 100!

LCDMAN · 09-11-2010, 14:57

26 x 2 (52) x 2 (104) - 9 (95) + 5 = 100

cathh70 · 09-11-2010, 15:28

Yes, I got 100. Was surprised when they all got around the 40 something mark, thinking I had missed something.

king_walnut · 09-11-2010, 15:40

Maths*

This forum is English.

degsyhufc · 09-11-2010, 15:56

I got 100. I was confused and thinking back when the contestants came out with 40 somthing answers but was happy again when the answer was revealed

davethorp · 09-11-2010, 16:13

Same here I got 100. My other half was convinced I was going to be wrong when they showed all their answers. I wasn't!

allafix · 09-11-2010, 16:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by KesterK

Math is singular, maths is the plural.

Edit: In America... I watch too many American shows

And I'm not stupid thanks, no need for the sarcasm and to list English words ending in s that are singular

Math and Maths is a bit different as they are both words used.

Maths is the UK abrieviation for Mathematics. Americans don't use "maths" at all, they always say "math", so it's not really to do with plural and singular.

Anyway the Moyles question was arithmetic, not math(s).

Nigel82 · 09-11-2010, 17:08

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Originally Posted by LCDMAN

26 x 2 (52) x 2 (104) - 9 (95) + 5 = 100

Yep that's what I got - the second 'x2' was very quick after the first so easily missed. Left out you get 48 which is what Chris answered. Think Patsy Kensit even mentioned it at the time

KesterK · 09-11-2010, 18:26

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Originally Posted by Nigel82

Yep that's what I got - the second 'x2' was very quick after the first so easily missed. Left out you get 48 which is what Chris answered. Think Patsy Kensit even mentioned it at the time

I'm still confused as to how I got my answer! gunna have a look after dinner.

KesterK · 09-11-2010, 19:00

The question was:

10 + 11 - 7 + 8 + 4 x 2 x 2 - 9 + 5 = ?

I realised why I kept getting 34

my calculator wasn't working it out right!!! Oh well

mal2pool · 09-11-2010, 22:33

I got 100. Whowas the young dancer featured?

phil solo · 09-11-2010, 23:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by KesterK

The question was:

10 + 11 - 7 + 8 + 4 x 2 x 2 - 9 + 5 = ?

I realised why I kept getting 34

my calculator wasn't working it out right!!! Oh well

There's where you went wrong. With some calculators and spreadsheet programs they don't just "work from left to right" as you would if you did it in your head. The operators for multiplication and division have precedence over those for addition and substraction.

So while the calculation is written in the order as above your calculator does the multiplication bit first, gets the answer 16, and then plugs that into the rest of the equation, thus:-

4x2x2+10+11-7+8-9+5=?

which gets you to 34.

KesterK · 10-11-2010, 11:49

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Originally Posted by phil solo

There's where you went wrong. With some calculators and spreadsheet programs they don't just "work from left to right" as you would if you did it in your head. The operators for multiplication and division have precedence over those for addition and substraction.

So while the calculation is written in the order as above your calculator does the multiplication bit first, gets the answer 16, and then plugs that into the rest of the equation, thus:-

4x2x2+10+11-7+8-9+5=?

which gets you to 34.

Is there any reason behind this? seems silly to me. I'll not be lazy and work it out properly next week.

Inkblot · 10-11-2010, 12:24

Bodmas?

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KesterK Forum Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire Services: Sky+HD, PS3, PS Vita, 3DS, Wii, iPhone 5, iPad 3rd Gen Posts: 1,926	Chris Moyles Quiz Night - Math Question... 100?!? Hi, Did anyone watch last night. The maths question sung by The Wanted... the answer I got every time I tried working it out on a calculator was 34, none of the contestants got it right. The answer was 100! Is this a mistake? or was some of the song edited out and someone forgot it will change the answer. Nobody got near 100 as their answer, even Jonathan Ross questioned how was the answer 100 last night. Did anyone work it out as 100?

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09-11-2010, 13:16	#2
jonjons Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3,559	I got it as 108 but got lost at 56 X2

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Victim Of Fate Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Surrey Services: Freeview, BT Broadband Posts: 4,084	What was the question?

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Dancc Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Northamptonshire Services: Freeview, Top Up TV (ESPN), Virgin Broadband and Xbox Live Posts: 38,864	I worked it out as 100. I think what happened was in the song they said divide by 2 whilst the writing on screen said multiply by 2. If you multiplied instead of divided at that point, you would have reached 100. I'm guessing everyone else divided.

09-11-2010, 13:45	#6
Shinny04 Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sutton, Surrey Services: Virgin Media, Freeview Posts: 577	I got 100. They said and showed that in the equation you should multiply it by 2 and again multiply that answer by 2. It's just people not paying attention to the question properly.

09-11-2010, 14:00	#7
Hugh Jboobs Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 8,382	Maths

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KesterK Forum Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire Services: Sky+HD, PS3, PS Vita, 3DS, Wii, iPhone 5, iPad 3rd Gen Posts: 1,926	Anyway this thread is about the mathS question I admit I was wrong but shame about the sarcasm. I probably just missed something out in the question, but it was bugging me how I couldn't get it to 100!

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LCDMAN Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Yorkshire, God's County Posts: 4,385	26 x 2 (52) x 2 (104) - 9 (95) + 5 = 100

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cathh70 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Services: Lee's Personal Shaver Posts: 2,538	Yes, I got 100. Was surprised when they all got around the 40 something mark, thinking I had missed something.

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king_walnut Inactive Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 519	Maths* This forum is English.

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degsyhufc Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Up North Posts: 36,083	I got 100. I was confused and thinking back when the contestants came out with 40 somthing answers but was happy again when the answer was revealed

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davethorp Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Preston, Lancashire Services: Virgin Media: VIP Collection Posts: 6,241	Same here I got 100. My other half was convinced I was going to be wrong when they showed all their answers. I wasn't!

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KesterK Forum Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire Services: Sky+HD, PS3, PS Vita, 3DS, Wii, iPhone 5, iPad 3rd Gen Posts: 1,926	The question was: 10 + 11 - 7 + 8 + 4 x 2 x 2 - 9 + 5 = ? I realised why I kept getting 34 my calculator wasn't working it out right!!! Oh well

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