To explain why he's done this for people who might not understand:

He wants to go from 318 to 952, and he figures 3x318 - 2 = 952.

But! He doesn't have a 3 or a 2 at that point; he's just got 75, 50 and 25 left. He knows 75/25 = 3, and 50/25 = 2. But you can only use the 25 once. So in his mind he's thinking
3 x 318 - 2 = 952
(75/25) x 318 -- (50/25) = 952
So the only way to avoid using the 25 twice is to multiply & subtract first:
(75x318-50)/25 = 952

And he's worked that out without ever needing to know what 75x318 actually is.

Everyone else get the obvious 953 in the first few seconds then thought "that'll fuckin do"?

While watching this as a kid i always wondered why they bothered having an entire clock if they only used half of it.

Next, you'll tell me he got Tnetennba in the words round.

I love how the host, after the answer is like, "out of curiosity, how did you get 953," and the other contestant sounds like, "Ah, who cares..."

Gerald’s delivery of his 953 answer was just so funny after all of that

Rachel Riley could have done 318 x 75

Dang, all I got was “Steadings”

I don’t know why this is in my recommended but I’m not mad about it

Our 952 times table went up to 30 so I saw the division immediately.

Rumour has it, he's still getting noshed off by all the grannies in the audience that day

If this man was born 500 years ago he would've been burned at the stake, but in the 90s his talent got him a countdown teacup

I can see how he did it without knowing what 318 * 75 was.

What he essentially did was ((318 * 75) - 50)/25

which, simplified, is the same as 318 * (75/25) - (50/25)
which is 318 * 3 - 2.

which is 952. Very clever.

The Australian version of Countdown is called 'Letters and Numbers' I think, who here thinks it should be called Count-Down Under?

This is how uk men in the 90's stated their dominance, 4 from the top is just madness hahaha.

I knew I shouldn't have skipped class that day when they were covering the 952 times table.

Legend has it that Jon Richardson keeps a copy of this video in his home in case he needs an emergency adrenaline shot.

All I got was tnetennba.

THATS NUMBERWANG

"Roisin, did you get it?"