Count macaroni into the blue cup

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Points

15

Disquals

0

• Lars has a terrible time trying to just read the task brief, as he keeps mispronouncing the word 'cup'. He begins his multiplications with "1 times 1 equals 1", and then works his way up through the one times table successfully, until he accidentally repeats "1 times 9 equals 9". In the studio, in Lars' defence, Hani points out that the one times table stops at 10, in primary school. Olli reveals that Lars managed to correctly count 90 pieces of macaroni, which earns him third place.
• Leo begins his multiplications with "1 times 1 equals 1". Instead of actually counting the individual pieces of macaroni, he uses a weighing scale to weigh out 100g of macaroni, and puts that in the cup. There is no discernible pattern to the multiplications he chooses to solve, skipping around from "1 times 100 equals 100", to "100 times 1.1 equals 110", to "2 times 20 equals 40", to "5 times 2.5 equals 12.5", and then "1 times 666 million is 666 million". He weighs out a 10g portion of macaroni and counts how many pieces are in that (130), and then multiplies that by 10 to estimate how many he has already put in the cup (1,300), then adds his extra 130, reaching an estimate of 1,430. In the studio, Bård points out that Leo was the only one to count his macaroni like a drug dealer. He notes that Leo only actually managed to count 130 pieces of pasta, and Olli confirms that his weight-based estimate of the total number of pieces in the cup at the end was incorrect. They therefore permit him the 130 pieces that he actually counted, which earns him second place.
• Karin begins her multiplications with "6 times 2 equals 12", and then works her way up through some of the six times table. However, she appears to think that with each multiplication she solves, an additional 20 seconds will be added to the timer, rather than it being the case that her 20 seconds is reset each time. She therefore switches focus to counting the macaroni, assuming that she has a couple of minutes of safety, but soon runs out of time. In the studio, Olli reveals that she only managed to count 15 pieces of macaroni, which earns her fourth place.
• Hani begins her multiplications with "1 times 1 equals 1", and then works her way up through the one times table, placing a single piece of macaroni into the blue cup with each number. This approach ensures that she never loses count of her pieces of macaroni, never runs out of time, and also never repeats a multiplication. She continues until she reaches "1 times 669 equals 669" and calls it a day, correctly assuming that no-one else will get that high. In the studio, Olli confirms that Hani managed to correctly count 669 pieces of macaroni, which earns her first place.
• Vidar knows that he has completely failed the task, so insists on doing the introduction to his footage himself, in the style of Bård's intro to his attempt at the 'Perform a 30 second revue sketch' task, earlier in the season. He says "Vidar Magnussen began his career as an intelligent man. He has done many great things that everyone liked, and some did not like, but he kept climbing up the career-ladder with his intelligence. Here is a clip that shows his intelligence." In the footage, he is seen clearly not understanding the task brief from the very start, unclear as to whether he needs to count the macaroni pieces he is putting in the cup. He therefore runs out of time without having solved any multiplications or counted any macaroni, and ends up with a count of zero. This earns him last place in the task.