Pretty Cool Math Problem

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » April 4, 2003 9:32 am

(Note from TB... received this email, worked dead on for me - someday I'll attempt to figure out the logic in how these work, and who comes up with them!)

This is a ONCE in a lifetime puzzle - ENJOY OUT TO DINNER MATHMATICS

This is pretty neat how it works out.

DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST

It takes less than a minute.......

Work this out as you read.

Don't cheat and read the bottom until you've worked through it!
This is fun!

1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have dinner out. (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 - I'll wait while you get the calculator................

5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1753.... If you
haven't, add 1752..........

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 eat out each week.)

The next two numbers are...
YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it IS!!!!!)

THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2003) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS. IMPRESSIVE, ISN'T IT?

phjrsaunt · Post by **phjrsaunt** » April 4, 2003 9:36 am

The phrase "math problem" scared me, but I trusted that it was from the Parrothead who named our cookbook, and DANG! She's right!

Pencil Thin (inactive) · Post by **Pencil Thin (inactive)** » April 4, 2003 9:31 pm

I ended up with a four numbers where you were suppose to have three?

But, the second number was the number of times I picked to eat out, and the last two were my age

daddymention · Post by **daddymention** » April 5, 2003 12:46 pm

IT WORKED!!
Pretty cool

!!