Chocolate Math(s)

[hannah]

Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway-but the Hershey Man will know!



YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATH



This is pretty neat.

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!
This
is not one of those waste of time things, it's fun.



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 1756 ....
If you haven't, add 1755.














6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.










You should have a three digit number










The first digit of this was the number of times you really want to eat Chocolate
(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 (2006) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS.

[ree-ree]

That's insane!!!!!!

I don't care much about chocolate, so I had to pick 2 to answer one.
(I rarely eat it; let alone twice a week.)

Pretty cool...I will try it on my friends and family.

[eebs]

it got my age right but i can only have chocolate -1 times.... diet here i come.

ps. hi hannah!

[mere1975]

Steveums, do the maths with me. . .

X = # days you want to eat chocolate
A = your age in years

(We know that if you subtract the year you were born from 2006, you get your age, right?)


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)

X

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

2X

3. Add 5

2x + 5

4. Multiply it by 50 -- I'll wait while you get the calculator

50(2X + 5)
= 100X + 250

5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1756 ....
If you haven't, add 1755.

100X + 250 + 1756
100X + 2006


6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.

(We know that if you subtract the year you were born from 2006, you get your age, right?)
Year you were born = 2006 - A

so

100X + 2006 - Y
= 100X + 2006 - (2006 - A)
= 100X + 2006 - 2006 + A
= 100X + A

Which puts the X number in the 100's column and your age in the tens and ones column, right?

You should have a three digit number
The first digit of this was the number of times you really want to eat Chocolate
(i.e., how many times you want to have chocolate each
week).
The next two numbers are
YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!!!!)


- Mere "makes sense to me because I am a mathemagician and a BIG NERD" 1975

[lennon]

DAMN Mere!

and here i was thinkin it was black magic.

[Steveums]

Mere, I'm giving Sam an hour to propose to you...

OR ELSE I WILL


I LOVE MATHS I LOVE CHOCOLATE AND I LOVE YOUUUU

(Edit: I love the "spread it around whilst it works" bit. Obviously the 1755 is for people whose previous birthday was last year, so it works last year. To make it work next year, you just have to add 1757)

[mere1975]

Haha, Sam took too long and now I have my very own baby husband.

- Mere ". . . and we can laugh as we calculate our age difference in percentages as we grow old (well, as you grow old and I grow oldER)" 1975

[sam]

Damn it, I'll tell my boss it was his fault my woman was stolen from me.

[mere1975]

Blame it on your boss and the goddamned algebra. . .

- Mere "Sam, I'd never leave you to solve for X with another fella" 1975

[Steveums]

- Mere "Sam, I'd never leave you to solve for X with another fella" 1975

Oh so that's what they're calling it these days

(Now that's TRUE love)