Title: Chocolate Age Math (how does this work?)
Post by: Whitney on August 06, 2009, 08:17:58 PM
Post by: Whitney on August 06, 2009, 08:17:58 PM
Below is an (chain) email I received minus the images. Usually I delete them but I wanted to see what this one was about because it said "chocolate." How does it figure out your age?
QuoteYOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATH
Don't tell me your age; you'd probably lie 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 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
[spoiler:1j14pur5]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 (2009) IT WILL EVER WORK,
SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS.
Chocolate Calculator.[/spoiler:1j14pur5]
Title: Re: Chocolate Age Math (how does this work?)
Post by: MommaSquid on August 06, 2009, 09:45:19 PM
Post by: MommaSquid on August 06, 2009, 09:45:19 PM
Oh, shit...it worked. And now I want chocolate!
Title: Re: Chocolate Age Math (how does this work?)
Post by: AlP on August 07, 2009, 03:33:17 AM
Post by: AlP on August 07, 2009, 03:33:17 AM
Yay! Algebra time... The calculations can be expressed an an algebriac expression. Suppose you haven't had your birthday yet. You want chocolate T times per week and you were born in the 4 digit year Y.
The arithmetic you are asked to do is this:
(50(2T + 5) + 1758) - Y
= (100T + 250 + 1758) - Y
= 100T + 2008 - Y
100T will give your chocolate preference in the hundreds column.
2008 - Y is how you calculate your age if you haven't had your birthday this year. It turns into 2009 - Y if you have.
The arithmetic you are asked to do is this:
(50(2T + 5) + 1758) - Y
= (100T + 250 + 1758) - Y
= 100T + 2008 - Y
100T will give your chocolate preference in the hundreds column.
2008 - Y is how you calculate your age if you haven't had your birthday this year. It turns into 2009 - Y if you have.
Title: Re: Chocolate Age Math (how does this work?)
Post by: Heretical Rants on August 07, 2009, 04:23:46 AM
Post by: Heretical Rants on August 07, 2009, 04:23:46 AM
If you're over 100 years old, you have to change step 4 to "multiply by 500" in order to keep the places separate. Now that you changed the multiplier, you also changed the little distraction number you made when you added 5, so step 5 has to be changed to "subtract 491"
If you're over 1000 years old... you have to change it again...
Ah, distraction numbers. The basis of annoying "math tricks"
I would have been impressed, if it had not asked for the date of my birth
If you're over 1000 years old... you have to change it again...
Ah, distraction numbers. The basis of annoying "math tricks"
I would have been impressed, if it had not asked for the date of my birth
Title: Re: Chocolate Age Math (how does this work?)
Post by: Whitney on August 07, 2009, 04:55:00 AM
Post by: Whitney on August 07, 2009, 04:55:00 AM
Quote from: "Heretical Rants"I would have been impressed, if it had not asked for the date of my birth
Ya...I had kinda forgot it asked that when I posted this.
Title: Re: Chocolate Age Math (how does this work?)
Post by: Will on August 07, 2009, 07:15:42 AM
Post by: Will on August 07, 2009, 07:15:42 AM
126. Clever maths.
Title: Re: Chocolate Age Math (how does this work?)
Post by: joeactor on August 07, 2009, 03:04:27 PM
Post by: joeactor on August 07, 2009, 03:04:27 PM
Quote from: "Heretical Rants"If you're over 1000 years old... you have to change it again...
... by that age, I'm pretty sure someone else would be changing me...