Saturday, September 12, 2009

Your age in chocolate maths!


This is a neat number trick from the web site Spirit of Mathematics, who states it will only work for 2009.

Don't tell me your age , the Hershey Man will know!


YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATHS


This is pretty neat.


DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!

It takes less than a minute . Work this out as you read . Don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!


1. Pick the number of times a week you'd like to have chocolate (more than
once but less than 10)


2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)


3. Add 5


4. Multiply it by 50 -- I'll wait while you get the calculator (or use the one listed under 'accessories' on your computer)


5. If you already had your birthday this year add 1759 ...If you haven't, add 1758.


6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born. You should have a three digit number. The first digit of this was your original number (i.e., how many times you want to have chocolate each week)


The next two numbers are...YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!)


2009 IS THE ONLY YEAR IT WILL WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS.


Chocolate Calculator


Posted by MY SOUL IS MATHEMATICS at 12:24 AM


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1 comment:

Jan Mader said...

As usual, I'm totally amazed. There has to be an easy reason why these things work, but I'd rather just pretend they're magic!