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[Closed] GCHQ Puzzle on the BBC website

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 LeeW
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Anyone had a crack?

[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5wkxjTtqRvq8Cyrrjxtk7tc/puzzle-for-today ]GCHQ Puzzle[/url]

I have it down to four Plus and minus signs.


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 3:04 pm
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Can be done in three...... I know this cos the three teenagers figured it out in about 5 mins this morning on the today show.... 8)


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 3:10 pm
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123+45-67+8-9

is the best I could do in 5 minutes


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 3:13 pm
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2 minus and 1 plus:

123-45-67+89

All me own work too!


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 3:14 pm
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2 minus and 1 plus:

123-45-67+89

All me own work too!

damm, I was so close


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 3:17 pm
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I'm surprised I got it so quickly TBH! Maths whizz I am not.


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 3:18 pm
 Mark
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234-56-78 = 100


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 3:33 pm
 Mark
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Ah wait.. read it properly.. you have to start at 1

Bugger


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 3:36 pm
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for a very short moment there i bet you thought GCHQ would be on the blower begging you to join em....... 😆


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 3:39 pm
 Mark
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Funnily enough as soon as I hit post, the phone rang..

..it was the garage.


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 3:40 pm
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Yeah but for one sweet moment i bet you felt like you'd cracked the enigma code off the top of your head and thought you were the next turing..... 😉


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 3:46 pm
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123+4-5+67-89

best I could come up with in a couple of mins


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 7:59 pm
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=123-45-67+89

There must be a better answer than this


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 8:26 pm
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[quote=marcus7 said]for a very short moment there i bet you thought GCHQ would be on the blower begging you to join em.......

For a salary of about £25K 🙂


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 8:29 pm
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=123-45-67+89

There must be a better answer than this

there isn't I was bored so wrote some code to prove it!


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 9:42 pm
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Intelligence services?

As it used to be said....

"If you can find the door...."

:mrgreen:


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 9:51 pm

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