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Kriz1
09-19-2007, 02:57 PM
YOUR AGE BY EATING OUT

Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway-but your waiter may know!



YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT 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 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 1757 .... If you haven't, add 1756.



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 (2007) IT WILL EVER WORK
kirtida8
09-19-2007, 03:00 PM
OMG it actually worked lol
tracifrost
09-19-2007, 03:02 PM
oh my god!!!!!!! spooky 5 times a week, followed by my age of 30!
InnVic
09-19-2007, 03:36 PM
didn't work - only had three digits and I'm 107


(no only joking .....its spooky!)
Kitty
09-19-2007, 04:47 PM
too spooky to be true but it worked
OberonSH
09-19-2007, 08:09 PM
It does work - weird.....
tillyberry13
09-20-2007, 12:14 AM
Just done this WOW !!!!!!!!!
Munish
09-20-2007, 07:14 AM
Not spooky, just very clever Maths! I'm going to send this one to my work mates for a try as well
Grumpy
09-20-2007, 11:48 PM
Don't care what it says I m a kid at heart
Sharon
09-21-2007, 04:40 AM
Not spooky, just very clever Maths! I'm going to send this one to my work mates for a try as well

Hi munish,

Can you explain to me how this works for everyone I cannot see how it can, but it did work for me too
Munish
09-21-2007, 07:07 AM
It's a Mathematical trick that works (rather than spooky or magic) because one of the things you have to input is your birth year - that is the part of the formula which ensures you get your age. The other part is the fact you have 1757 or 1756 depending on whether or not you already had your birthday this year so it's requires some level of manipulation here too.

As for the number of times you got out to eat, that is the number you started with. Using all the above figures, it ensures you get the end result it claims.

I strongly believe this formula did not come out by accident (or may be it did), but some mathematical whizz (may be a lecturer or talented student) was the person who worked it out (or stumbled across it when trying to work something else out).
Kriz1
09-21-2007, 01:27 PM
Something to do with the year 2007 and the fact you can only pick up to number 7...?
Sharon
09-30-2007, 04:12 PM
it works, how cool is that? the person who found this out must be very clever, very bored or both
Susie
12-15-2007, 02:39 AM
Cool, interesting how things like this work
cranners99
12-15-2007, 03:55 AM
Something to do with the year 2007 and the fact you can only pick up to number 7...?
Does this make me a super mathematician ... In part 5 change the 1757 to 1758 and the 1756 to 1757. Do the trick again and then you can change the "THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2007) IT WILL EVER WORK" to "(2008)" :p

Enjoy.

C