Your age by chocolate math

[Maine-ah]

YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATH


DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!

It takes less than a minute ....

Work this out as you read ...

Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!








1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would

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 .


5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1755 ....

If you haven't, add 1754.


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!!!!!)


THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2005) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND

WHILE IT

LASTS.

[Craig3410]

1. I'm sure there's some "numbers trickery" involved....

but I'm failing math, so I can't figure it out.

Cool. :)

[Divameow77]

2. Why would this be the only year it will work?

[Waistdeep]

4. Next year

add one to 1754 and 1755 and it will work fine.

[Maine-ah]

5. I have no idea.

Someone sent it to me. Thought it was pretty cool. :shrug:

[Kenneth ken]

3. pshaw

number of times a week I'd like to have chocolate, but can't be more than 10 - what flawed math this uses.

[Maine-ah]

6. hello kenneth ken, you and my husband share the same name!

:hi:

[Kenneth ken]

8. hi

:hi:

I already knew that - he has it Mondays Wednesdays Fridays and alternate Sundays. I have it the other days. :P

[Craig3410]

7. Bingo.

My actual number would involve scientific notation, let's just put it that way. :)

[bigwillq]

9. That's cool!

I guess I added correctly then! :bounce:

[Sequoia]

10. I'm impressed!