Mathematics to Find Age, Surprising and true!

YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH


This is pretty neat


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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

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

Yeah, now I see how it works. (2x+5)*50 + 1758 = 100x + 2008(!!!). Reduce that by the year you were born (let's say for sake of argument 2000), you get 100x + 8. 8 years old? What are the chances... For it to work in 2009 you'll just need to add 1758 if you hadn't had a birthday or 1759 if you have. The restaurant thing is a red-herring, it has no real bearing on the outcome.Zagrius

Yep.

Wow, it's amazing that this trick could somehow tell how old we are, and all we had to do was give our year of birth. :roll: Simply amazing.FragStains

This.

[QUOTE="FragStains"]Wow, it's amazing that this trick could somehow tell how old we are, and all we had to do was give our year of birth. :roll: Simply amazing.SpaceMoose

This.

well its obviously not magic it has to work somehow :P

At least it didn't ask for our age directly, that would be just insulting.Zagrius

I mean, asking what year you were born is asking your age. Because it divides those who have had a bday and those who have not by one number.

Yeah, now I see how it works. (2x+5)*50 + 1758 = 100x + 2008(!!!). Reduce that by the year you were born (let's say for sake of argument 2000), you get 100x + 8. 8 years old? What are the chances... For it to work in 2009 you'll just need to add 1758 if you hadn't had a birthday or 1759 if you have. The restaurant thing is a red-herring, it has no real bearing on the outcome.Zagrius

Mathematician, are we? You are better than me, lol, I was actually impressed by the trick.

Pick a number between 1 and 10, subract it by 3 and then add 3, you should end up with the same number! :okyleali11

Holy hell. That's amazing!

Pick a number between 1 and 10, subract it by 3 and then add 3, you should end up with the same number! :okyleali11

That's your age, with the number in front of it! Magic!

Even more amazing: pick a number, ANY number, write it down...

Is the number written down the one you chose? If it is, give me a thousand -put your country's currency here-.

Wow, it's amazing that this trick could somehow tell how old we are, and all we had to do was give our year of birth. :roll: Simply amazing.FragStains

Even more amazing: pick a number, ANY number, write it down...

Is the number written down the one you chose? If it is, give me a thousand -put your country's currency here-.

Zagrius

I picked 27 , but wrote down 798 for some reason. I want you to give me a thousand.

I did it 3 times and I kept getting 170.

I chose 2, as per the rules. and Im 20, not seventy

I did it 3 times and I kept getting 170.

I chose 2, as per the rules. and Im 20, not seventy

weffer

2*2 = 4

4+5 = 9

9*50 =450

1757+450 (assumeing you have not had your birthday)= 2,207

2207- 1987= 220

I picked 27 , but wrote down 798 for some reason. I want you to give me a thousand.

pintabear49blue

You didn't do as I instructed. As punishment, you must dance around like a chicken as you go and give yourself up to the authorities for up to 5 seconds jail-time.

[QUOTE="pintabear49blue"]

I picked 27 , but wrote down 798 for some reason. I want you to give me a thousand.

Zagrius

You didn't do as I instructed. As punishment, you must dance around like a chicken as you go and give yourself up to the authorities for up to 5 seconds jail-time.

But I am aready doing that. I guess I will do it naked this time.

I did it 3 times and I kept getting 170.

I chose 2, as per the rules. and Im 20, not seventy

weffer

Didn't work for me. In fact, the number I ended up with was -35 (yes I did do everything right).EJ902

What year were you born and what number did you pick?. Everything should work. The last number before you subtract is just 2007 or 2008 with 200-900 years added.

Cool. Now I will devote this hour to try and figure out how it works.pintabear49blue

HOORAY for CURIOSITY!!!

i do the same all the time

[QUOTE="EJ902"]Didn't work for me. In fact, the number I ended up with was -35 (yes I did do everything right).pintabear49blue

What year were you born and what number did you pick?. Everything should work. The last number before you subtract is just 2007 or 2008 with 200-900 years added.

Wow, it's amazing that this trick could somehow tell how old we are, and all we had to do was give our year of birth. :roll: Simply amazing.FragStains

My thoughts exactly.

[QUOTE="pintabear49blue"]Cool. Now I will devote this hour to try and figure out how it works.Truth_Seekr

HOORAY for CURIOSITY!!!

i do the same all the time

Cool. Although this took only a couple of minutes to figure out.