Bhakta Shakta 0 Report post Posted July 26, 2001 chocolate mathematics don't work. try vedic mathematics. is this a joke? i don't see what is funny... throw this in the trash. [This message has been edited by Bhakta Shakta (edited 07-27-2001).] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gauracandra 1 Report post Posted July 26, 2001 Bhakta Shakta, Take it easy. Why get all up in arms? Personally I find math tricks to be interesting and have posted a few here as well. Gauracandra PS When I did it it was close. It got the number of times I wanted to eat chocolate, but missed my age by 1 year. [This message has been edited by Gauracandra (edited 07-26-2001).] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gauracandra 1 Report post Posted July 26, 2001 Ooops.... looks like I can't subtract. It got my age dead on. I just checked my chicken scratch again. Gauracandra Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maitreya 0 Report post Posted July 26, 2001 Bhakta Shakta, Chill out, have a cup of hot chocolate and relax. Gaurachandra you may have messed up on the part about having your birthday yet or not. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
atma 0 Report post Posted July 27, 2001 Cute...neat how it works... DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It only takes about a minute..... 1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate (try for more than once but less than 10) 2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold) 3. Add 5 (for Sunday) 4. Multiply it by 50 (being a bit stupid) I'll wait while you get the calculator...... 5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1751...... If you haven't, add 1750.... 6. Now substract the 4 digit year that you were born (if you remember) 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. IMPRESSIVE ISN'T IT? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tarun 6 Report post Posted July 27, 2001 I got the right frequency, the right age, but the wrong century. Close enough. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
animesh 0 Report post Posted July 27, 2001 Will this work if somebody is born on 29th Feb.? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maitreya 0 Report post Posted July 27, 2001 Originally posted by animesh: Will this work if somebody is born on 29th Feb.? LOL There is always one in every crowd. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bhakta Shakta 0 Report post Posted July 28, 2001 i'm still trying to figure out how chocolate mathematics works. i know this is in the joke area but usually a joke has a laughing derivative. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
animesh 0 Report post Posted July 29, 2001 i'm still trying to figure out how chocolate mathematics works. If you want explanation, here it is: 1. Let x = number of times you would like to have chocolate in a week. 2. Multiple x by 2. You get 2x. 3. Add 5. You get 2x + 5. 4. Multiple by 50. You get (2x+5)*50 i.e. 100 x + 250. 5. If you have already had your birthday this year, then add 1751. You get 100 x + 2001. As you can see 2001 is the current year. If your birthday for this year is still to come, then add 1750 to the result of 4. You get 100 x + 2000. As you can see, 2000 is the previous year. 6. Subtract the 4 digit year on which you were born. You will subtract this from 100 x + 2001 if you have had your birthday this year and from 100 x + 2000 if not. If your birthday this year is already over, then 2001 minus the 4 digit year on which you were born will give you your age in no. of years ignoring months, days etc. If your birthday for this year is yet to come then you will get your age by subtracting the year in which you were born from 2000. In either case, the result is 100 x + your age. (Here your age is the no. of whole years you have completed since you were born). Atma ji has written that x should be more than 1 and less than 10. Well, it works even if it is equal to 1. So, assume x to be any number from 1 to 9. Then, 100 x is from 100 to 900. This is a three digit number. To this, you have to add your age. Assuming that you age is a two digit number, the last two digits of the final result will be your age. The first digit will be the value of x. Note: 1. This will work only in year 2001. In 2002, you will have to modify this a little bit. In step 5, just replace 1751 by 1752 and 1750 by 1751. 2. This will not work if somebody's age is 100 years or more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
animesh 0 Report post Posted July 29, 2001 i know this is in the joke area but usually a joke has a laughing derivative. One may not burst out laughing on reading such posts, but as you can see by various responses, people do enjoy such math tricks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bhakta Shakta 0 Report post Posted July 29, 2001 funny. [This message has been edited by Bhakta Shakta (edited 08-14-2001).] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bhakta Shakta 0 Report post Posted July 29, 2001 if it is so enjoyable but not laughing material why is it in the joke area? huh huh huh? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
talasiga 0 Report post Posted August 8, 2001 Originally posted by Bhakta Shakta: if it is so enjoyable but not laughing material why is it in the joke area? huh huh huh? Animesh has been always making me to laugh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites