DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!

It takes less than a minute.

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 go out to eat. More than once but less than 10.

2. Multiply this number by 2

3. Add 5

4. Multiply it by 50

5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758...

If you haven't, add 1757.

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 go out to restaurants in a week.)


The next two numbers are


YOUR AGE ! ------


THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2008) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT
AROUND WHILE IT LASTS


--
"All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed,
and third, it is accepted as self-evident"
(Arthur Schopenhauer)

On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:14:57 +0100
hummingbird <hummingbird@127.0.0.1> wrote:

And make sure you don't read my reply unless you want the whole thing
spoiled. Its useful if you want to roll your own number manipulation
head-scratchers, but it's likely to take any sense of wonder out of it.

N

2N

2N + 5

100N + 250

1758 - 2008 = -250 , so this should come in handy to get rid of that
extra 250 we've got so far.

Let YOB be the year of birth.

Assuming your birthday has already passed in 2008 (just so
I don't have to do this twice),

1758 - YOB = (2008 - 250) - YOB = (2008 - YOB) - 250
= YOUR_AGE - 250

So 100N + 250 + (1758 - YOB)
= 100N + 250 + (YOUR_AGE -250)
= 100N + YOUR_AGE

It worked. The extra 250 is gone.

Unless you're more than 99 years old and want to dine out 9 times a
week.

Unless you're more than 99 years old.

Your age (mod 100)

Next year use 1759 instead of 1758. Or add 7 instead of 5 at
step #3, then use 1659 at step #5.

On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:04:49 -0500 '»Q«'
wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:

Well, Q. I didn't roll this "number manipulation head-scratcher".
It was sent to me, and I passed it on for others to enjoy.

It involves simple arithmetic which is waaaay above my head ;-)


That said ...I can now continue to read your further comments...


I believe you ... thousands wouldn't :-)

I hope you haven't spoiled the minute of fun for others by
demonstrating your brilliance at unravelling it.


--
"All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed,
and third, it is accepted as self-evident"
(Arthur Schopenhauer)