Your age in chocolate

Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood 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 1756 ....
If you haven't, add 1755.














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 have chocolate each week).










The next two numbers are









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



THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2006) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS.

 

It works

 

WOW..... worked for me except this thing.

 

My age was off my 1

 

i didn`t think i would have the patience to do it

but i did

and it worked

 

same here

 

Worked.

 

worked for me.

 

it worked!
nice one Fworth!

 

Any mathematician wish to come in here and analyse the steps, and remove the magic behind this?

 

Woah, that is pretty neat, think ive seen something like this before but without chocolate.

Im probably gunna spend a couple of hours figuring it out now lol

 

The number I got was 20, wasn't 3 digits, but it was my age

 

How do people figure these math tricks out? How? I ask. How? Or is that the math gods truly can peer it our souls, extracting significant information from our desire for chocolate and a need to be recognized for more than just chocolate. To be seen as ourselves! Ourselves, in a world gone mad with fake chocolate and artificial sweeteners. Mad! I say. Mad!

 

Great Great Great!! Neat stuff man thanks for sharing it , it works very well i got 320

 

i hate math. but it works. lolz

 

it worked...

does it mean that mr.hershey man is only intelligent for year 2006? pffft..

 

yes it worked :lol:

 

Thats pretty neat-o But it doesnt work if your born in year 1900.. It seems to tell me I am 100 when itfact I should be 105 with the second date used.

 

I'm no mathematician, but here's how it works.

OK, so if we replace the number you picked with "x"
then multiply by 2.... x * 2, which is the same as 2x
then add 5, so... 2x + 5
then multiply it all by 50... 100x + 250
then add 1756 or 1755
... 100x + 250 + 1756 or 100x + 250 + 1755
which is the same as
... 100x + 2006 or 100x + 2005
Then subtract the year u were born
... so 100x + (2006 or 2005) - year of birth = age

So whatever number u picked is gonna be the first number multiplied by 100, and 2006 or 2005 (depending if you've had your birthday) less your year of birth gives your age.

Make sense? Good, lol.