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AMAZING MATH

Posted : 7/8/2008 1:56:32 AM

Just how in the blazes does this work??????? get your pen and paper ready. Thi s fun, ta m otaly stumped.

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

go out to eat.

(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

5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758...

If you haven't, add 1757.

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 go out to restaurants in a week.)

The next two numbers are

YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is!)

THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2008) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS

janetmichel3009

Posted : 7/8/2008 3:24:55 AM

haha! cool!!!

i just wonder who are the geeks that come up with these things... hehehehe

Bonita of Bwana

Posted : 7/8/2008 5:42:26 AM

Mine was off by one number, but I will try with other family members later . I love games like these!

Bonita of Bwana

janet_rose

Posted : 7/8/2008 7:18:56 AM

sandra_slayton
Just how in the blazes does this work???????

Assume you have already had your birthday. The algebraic formula for this "puzzle" would be

[ (2x + 5 ) * 50 ] + 1758 - y

where x is the times you want to eat out and y is the year you were born. This works out to be

100x + 250 + 1758 - y = 100x + ( 2008 - y )

( 2008 - y ) will be your two digit age if you have already had your birthday this year. However, that assumes that you are less than 100 years old.

Changing 1758 to 1757 just subtracts 1 when you haven't had your birthday yet this year.

If you want this to work next year, use 1759/1758 instead of 1758/1757. That will give you ( 2009 - y ) for folks that have already had their birthday.

In fact the numbers to use in any year would be (the current year minus 250)/(the current year minus 249).

janetmichel3009

Posted : 7/8/2008 10:15:12 AM

janet_rose

sandra_slayton
Just how in the blazes does this work???????

Assume you have already had your birthday. The algebraic formula for this "puzzle" would be

[ (2x + 5 ) * 50 ] + 1758 - y

where x is the times you want to eat out and y is the year you were born. This works out to be

100x + 250 + 1758 - y = 100x + ( 2008 - y )

( 2008 - y ) will be your two digit age if you have already had your birthday this year. However, that assumes that you are less than 100 years old.

Changing 1758 to 1757 just subtracts 1 when you haven't had your birthday yet this year.

If you want this to work next year, use 1759/1758 instead of 1758/1757. That will give you ( 2009 - y ) for folks that have already had their birthday.

In fact the numbers to use in any year would be (the current year minus 250)/(the current year minus 249).

Surprise

where were you, when my math teacher (a former female body guard-no joke) couldnt explain anything to me in high school...

janet_rose

Posted : 7/8/2008 10:56:51 AM

janetmichel3009
where were you, when my math teacher (a former female body guard-no joke) couldnt explain anything to me in high school..

Probably somewhere in Texas. big laugh Sorry you didn't have a math teacher who could explain things. Sad

janetmichel3009

Posted : 7/8/2008 10:58:32 AM

yup. i'm actually good at math, so i'd ask more complex questions... actually went up to the board to explain things to my classmates FOR her a few times...

sigh.. she was a nice lady, but math was SO the wrong choice for her... lol

sandra_slayton

Posted : 7/8/2008 11:10:44 AM

Math and Science were NOT my things in school. History, wasmy fav, and i enjoyed English (except for the poetry parts) and home-ec. I graduated from a small country school, 22 kids in my senior class. e had a limited amount of subjcts we could take and most teachers pulled double duty. My sicence teacher (all sciences) was also the jr. high principal and the jr. high boy's basketball coach. my math techer was also my basketball coach. my history teacher was also theboys basketball coach and the high school principal.