Flure Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mCgiaAFCu8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 That was incredible The bairns school homework is challenging enough for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Should have took his first answer. I'm good at the numbers, although poor at the letters, how the hell did he get that FFS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Thought I was doing well getting 953 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuNsTeR Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 a real number cruncher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flure Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 If you want an explanation of how he did it (and he said he didn't even need to know what the big number was) get a hold of the BBC Radio show "More Or Less" podcast from 12 Sep 2014. He talks about it in the middle of the half our show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bzzzz Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon Rob Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 http://www.flyingcoloursmaths.co.uk/the-secrets-of-the-mathematical-ninja-james-martin-and-the-952-countdown-puzzle/ Good explanation of how he managed it without needing to know the big number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 It's the speed in which he does it that amazes me. Fair enough sitting down with a calculator and 15 mins, i'd like to think i could get it. Never in a million years in 30 seconds in a studio with no calculator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mee Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Made carol smilie look like a bit of a doughnut as she kept asking off camera for the answers to multiplication and division Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 The guy's a savant, remembering his 952 times table like that... Made carol smilie look like a bit of a doughnut as she kept asking off camera for the answers to multiplication and division She must've been confused as to why she wasn't on Wheel of Fortune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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