Your Age By Chocolate Math

Colleges & Universities Service Academy Parents
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<p>A friend sent me this one…
OK, all you chocolate lovers try this one…</p>

<p>“YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATH”</p>

<p>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.</p>

<li><p>First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate
(more than once but less than 10)</p></li>
<li><p>Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)</p></li>
<li><p>Add 5</p></li>
<li><p>Multiply it by 50 – I’ll wait while you get the calculator</p></li>
<li><p>If you have already had your birthday this year add 1756 …
If you haven’t, add 1755.</p></li>
<li><p>Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>You should have a three digit number</p>

<p>The first digit of this was your original number
(i.e., how many times you want to have chocolate each week).</p>

<p>The next two numbers are</p>

<p>YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!!)</p>

<p>THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2006) IT WILL EVER WORK.</p>

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<p>Thats pretty awesome, Any links or ideas as to the logic and math behind this?</p>

<p>nevermind I just tested it with a couple of different inital numbers(how many times you would like to have chocolate) and I believe I have figured it out, there is a pretty obvious pattern when multiplying by 50. and the 1755 number was pretty easily created by adding your birthyear to the number after Step 4 to get the ‘magic number’</p>

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<p>hahha that’s way cool. i’m 719</p>

<p>but i haven’t turned 19 yet…so does that make it wrong then?</p>

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<p>megbee, if you haven’t had a bday yet this year you should have added 1755, perhaps you added 1756?</p>

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<p>How could I pass up anything chocolate. That is pretty cool. Except the number is not high enough for me on the first question. I HAD to pick 9. Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! Eat green chocolate!</p>

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<p>haha, it was right for me! 918</p>

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<p>100x + (2005 or 2006) - (1988 year born)
100x just makes the number of days a week move over a couple digits so it doesnt mess with the age thing. Then the add 5, multiply by 50 just adds 250 which is the difference between that 1756 number and 2006. It says it will only work this year (2006) but if you want it to work next year just add +1 to that 1755 and 1756 instruction</p>

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<p>217 - sweet</p>

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<p>Either way, I’m just too darn’ old! :(</p>