Tell your age by eating out

nioka said:

1. Pick a number of times a week that you would like to eat out. (more than once but less than 10)
2. Multiply this number by 2.
3. Add 5.
4. Multiply by 50.
5. If you have had your birthday this year add 1758 if not then add 1757
6 Subtract the four digit year you were born. You should then have a three digit number.

The first digit was the original number of times you like to eat out in the week.

The next two numbers are your age.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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nioka said:

1. Pick a number of times a week that you would like to eat out. (more than once but less than 10)
2. Multiply this number by 2.
3. Add 5.
4. Multiply by 50.
5. If you have had your birthday this year add 1758 if not then add 1757
6 Subtract the four digit year you were born. You should then have a three digit number.

The first digit was the original number of times you like to eat out in the week.

The next two numbers are your age.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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tigerboi said:

not quite ..eat 2x2=4+5=9x50 =450(born feb 1966)+1757=2207-1966=241

close,maybe it works if you havent had a birthday yet?good try

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If you have had your birthday this year add 1758

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Whiskers said:

Now, how can I exploit this!

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Julia said:

Amazing.

Can someone who understands maths explain how it works?

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Muschu said:

The limitations of points 1 and 5 control this equation. Try it with fictictious entries and check the result.
Like astrology -- a nonsense. But if you can enoy it at the nonsense level of course it is just fun.

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nioka said:

Ah! Ye of little faith. Is astrology really a nonsense?

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Julia said:

Amazing.

Can someone who understands maths explain how it works?

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Julia said:

Amazing.

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nioka said:

1. Pick a number of times a week that you would like to eat out. (more than once but less than 10)
2. Multiply this number by 2.
3. Add 5.
4. Multiply by 50.
5. If you have had your birthday this year add 1758 if not then add 1757
6 Subtract the four digit year you were born. You should then have a three digit number.

The first digit was the original number of times you like to eat out in the week.

The next two numbers are your age.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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nizar said:

((1*2)+5)*50+1757-1984 = 500+1757-1984 = 273

Way off the mark.
Iv got a few more years to go till I hit 73.
And I wanted to eat out just once a week

Maybe I made a mistake somewhere

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nioka said:

Number of times you eat out must be more than 1 and less than 10

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