YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATH---DON'T CHEAT
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.
First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate (more than once but less than 10)
Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
Add 5
Multiply it by 50 -- I'll wait while you get the calculator
If you have already had your birthday this year add 1755 ..
If you haven't, add 1754.
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 (2005) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS.
Okie doke. So, assuming you've already had your birthday this year, the formula works out to (2n+5)x50+1755-y, where n is the number of times you want to eat chocolate, and y is the year you were born. Simplifying the formula, we get 100n+2005-y. So, 2005-y gives your age, and 100n takes your chocolate cravings and shifts them to the left by two decimal places. Makes sense.
Yep, figuring these things out are fun. :) (Sorry if I've just spoiled your fun.)
If you want to spam this next year, change 1755 to 1756, and 1754 to 1755. ;)
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