A
ADVENTURER – one large and five small numbers
C
CLASSROOM MIX – one large and five small numbers (one teacher and five students)
D
DICTATOR MIX – one large and five small numbers (courtesy of Donald)
E
EVEN STEVEN – three big and three small numbers (courtesy of Toby)
F
FAMILY MIX – two large and four small numbers (two parents and
four children)
FAMILY MIX PLUS A GRANDMOTHER – three big and three small numbers (courtesy of Patrick)
FAMILY MIX DITCH THE GRANDMOTHER – two big and four small numbers (courtesy of Patrick)
FIFTY/FIFTY – three large and three small numbers
FULL MONTY – nine letter word
H
HEAVYWEIGHT – four large and two small numbers
I
IMPERIAL MIX – one large and five small numbers (one Tsar and five minions, courtesy of Christopher)
J
JUDICIAL MIX – one large and five small numbers (one judge and five jurors, courtesy of Christopher)
K
KITCHEN SINK – using all six numbers in an equation to reach the random target number
KITCHEN SUNK IT – Lily using all 6 numbers in her solution (not officially sanctioned by DA)
M
MOTHER GOOSE – one large and five small numbers (one goose and
five goslings, courtesy of Jacob)
P
PERFECT MATCH – three large and three small numbers
PETRONAS MIX – two large and four small (two large buildings and four small buildings, courtesy of Sebastian in Kuala Lumpur)
R
RAT PACK – six small numbers
REGIMENT MIX – 1 sergeant and 5 privates (courtesy Matthew)
RETSINA MIX – seven letter combination to look out for as you can add lots of other letters to create an eight letter word:
A – artesian
D – detrains
E – trainees
G - angriest
M - minarets
L – entrails
N – entrains
O – senorita
P – painters
R - strainer
S
SCENIC ROUTE – using more steps in a numbers solution than necessary
SNOW WHITE AND HER 5 DWARVES (courtesy Ben)
T
TWEAKING/TWEAKAGE – a succinct and impressive method involving brackets that Lily uses to solve a numbers game
For example:
(100-7) x 8 = 744
translates to:
100 x 8 = 800
7 x 8 = 56
800 – 56 = 744
W
WASHING LINE – all the smalls (courtesy of Ann)
WEBBIE – a challenge for viewers to enter their numbers game solutions on our website
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