I can tell you your age...

[mazza]

I saw this somewhere ages ago...it works for everyone I have tried it on:


1. Pick the number of times in a week that you would like to dine out or have a meal prepared for you (must be more than once and fewer than 10).

2. Mulitply the number by 2.

3. Add 5.

4. Multiply it by 50.

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

6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.

7. You should now have a three digit number.


The first number is your original number - ie the times you'd like to eat out or a meal prepared for you and the second two digits are .............your age !!! B)


Freekmungous!! :lol:

Mazza

:D

[goosegirl]

Tried it , sorry but it dosn't work.

GG.

[mazza]

GG are u sure? :blink:

I've tried it on loads of bods and it works everytime! :D

[Blue Cow]

Freekmungous!!

You said it Mazza

I like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:yes: :jump: :yes:

Blue Cow

[goosegirl]

My number was 4, and my date of birth is I got 145, and I am not 45. Work it out folks. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

GG.

[goosegirl]

Mazza, oops GG messed up. It does work. :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

GG.

[mazza]

:rolleyes:

Phew, you had me worried there, guys!

:hihi:

[Eskander]

Right, after a good night’s sleep I decided to try to fathom how this works. It’s meant to give the slightly magical impression that somehow the number of times you would like to eat out is linked to your age - unlikely to say the least. I think I’ve managed to explain it to myself, but can I explain it to anyone else? I’m afraid it involves the use of algebra but bear with me.

All the figures in the calculation are fixed except for the number of times you’d like to eat out. In algebra a maths teacher would say “let the number of times you’d like to eat out be x”. Well b*gger that, I’ll just call it “eats” rather than x. So lets do the calculation using “eats” instead of a number.

First we multiply eats by 2 to give

2eats

now we add 5 to give

2eats + 5

then we multiply by 50 to give

50(2eats +5) getting tricky now, but this is the same as

100eats + 250 that means you multiplied 2eats by 50 and multiplied 5 by 50

Hang in there folks the figure of 250 is important and if you think about it you’ll always get 250 at this stage no matter how many times you’d like to eat out because it comes from multiplying 5 by 50 which happens no matter how many eats you choose. No for the next clever bit

we add to this 1753 or 1752 depending on whether or not you’ve already had your birthday, lets work with 1753 for now.

This gives 100eats + 250 + 1753 which is the same as 100eats + 2003

Note the 2003 which is this year. Now you subtract the year in which you were born, lets choose 1948 (now you know how old I am). This gives

100eats + 2003 - 1948 which is the same as 100eats + 55 and 55 is my age.

So lets finish it. If you add chosen 2 as the number of times you’d like to eat out, you’d have

100 x 2 + 55 which is 255, if you chose 3 you’d get 355, 5 would give 555.

Phew, I hope that’s clear. No magic at all, just algebra.

[Beth]

:huh:

:lol: its keeping some people busy this!! :lol:

[Eskander]

Oh, and I forgot to say that the number of times you'd like to eat out doesn't have to be less than 10, so you could be greedy and choose 99 then rephrase the last few lines to say:

7. You should now have a number which is the number of times you'd like to eat out followed by your age.

By the way to save you trying it, chosing 99 times to eat out if you were born in 1948 gives 9955

[Annabel]

eskander, you have blown my mind!!!! :lol: :lol:

[freakyfun]

It should also work for people who only like to eat out once or not at all ...

The only restriction is it won't work for people who reach 100
However, if you just change 2 to 20, then you can do this for people up the age 199.

FF

[Beth]

aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :banghead:

stop it now!!!!!!


who started this mind boogling thread???? :blink: :lol: :P

[Eskander]

Sorry Beth but this is getting to be really good fun. The "thread from hell?"or tfh.

Of course I'm sure the more mathematically minded will have already realised that the calculation will have to be modifed if it is to work next year. A tfh rossette to the first one to explain how it should be modified for next year. E-p

[Eskander]

Of yes, and adopting the FF approach, if you change the 2 to 200 instead of 20 you can do it for people up to the age of 1999.

I think I've had enough now and will go for a quiet lie down

[tristar]

Well I think the whole thing is mind blowing and very spooky :lol: :lol: :lol:

Tri :D

[Eskander]

Spot on :present:

[freakyfun]

If you enjoy how mind blowing maths can be .. how about these classic equations which can describe *light* itself! Pretty funky.

http://www.stanford.edu/~klingner/beauty/max1.gif
http://www.stanford.edu/~klingner/beauty/max2.gif
http://www.stanford.edu/~klingner/beauty/max3.gif
http://www.stanford.edu/~klingner/beauty/max4.gif

Enjoy

FF

[freakyfun]

He, he ... they are only integral equations .. nothing to be scared of :)

They are a bit out of date due to quantum theory, but electronic engineers still use them when constructing transmitters, aerials etc. (they work for radio waves too)

FF

[Blue Cow]

:unsure:

And there's me trying to work out what they mean.....no chance!!

[Annabel]

MAZZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!
Do you see what you have started??? I blame you entirely for ALL of this!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ooh me brain hurts!!!!

:P :P :lol: :D

[Eskander]

Are yes FF "quantum theory" I remember a bit about that from university many years ago. Didn't understand a word of it then and I don't now, even passed an exam but I don't know how, I can only assume that the examiners didn't understand either - something about some bloke's cat in a box and some other fella with an uncertainty principal. Things can be waves or particles at the same time or neither or both .... I think .. and lots of people with equations named after them. :zzz:

I have just one question about quantum theory:

What's it for? and who cares?

Sorry that's two questions

What's it for? and who cares? and how does it work

Sorry that's three questions ....

I bet you didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition

[freakyfun]

What's it for? and who cares?

It explains the very small, and physicists worry about it too much.

and how does it work

No-one really knows how the world works .. all we can do is make models that approximate it. (For the other non-physics degree people out there, quantum theory basically says everything can be represented in terms of waves and probability functions. i.e. you don't actually exist, but are made up from countless wave functions interacting with each other to give the appearance of a human being. Theoretically your wave functions exist beyond the confines of your body. e.g. there is an impossibly small (but finite) probability that you could spontainiously be transported through a brick wall and find youself standing on the other side. However, they only start to have weird effects like this when you consider extremely small objects such as atoms. *Remember* this is only a model that helps explain observable effects in experiments - it may not actually be what is going on ;) )

I bet you didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition

No ... but then no-one does do they?

[Diabolical laughter quickly followed by diabolical acting]

[Eskander]

"Theoretically your wave functions exist beyond the confines of your body"

makes me think of my smelly nfh

As for the brick wall, I would certainly like to tranport him spontaneously through it, although without resort to quatum theory as I would prefer his head to make a large hole in the wall

But thanks for the explanation all the same.

[freakyfun]

Not a problem m8

;)

FF

[hollygolightly]

:lol: Fantastic - couldn't work out the first post (numbers and me don't mix), but thoroughly enjoyed reading the whole thread.

:lol: :thumbs:

Eskander & FF :notworthy: :lol:

[mazza]

:hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

That's the LAST time I ever post anything in this forum!!!!!!

The tears are streaming down my cheeks and onto the carpet!! :lol:

(I don't know if they are tears of joy or sorrow though...!! :blink: )

I am only glad I forgot to tick the 'notify me of replies' box before posting - my E-mail would have melted down!!! :wacko: :crazy:

heehhehehehhhehehehheheheeeeee!!!!!

[tristar]

They've got to be tears of joy Mazza...this is the 'Happy Zone' after all :lol: :hihi: :lol:

Tri :D

[mazza]

Hee Hee Heee :lol:

Glad you liked it - I am still amazed at the response to this one :wow:

Mazza

:D

[Eskander]

Er hmm, there's an aweful risk of starting this off again - who knows where it might end! Trigonometry, Log Tables (who can remember those), differential calculus ( I think that's something to do with hard skin on your feet) and the 3rd law of themodynamics which states that when something's hot, it's hot, but sooner or later it'll get colder - there's technical (for those who care these last two words must be pronounced with a welsh accent - OK Hardenough?).

I'm just wondering if this post will be enough to get FF going again.

[mazza]

:o

Uh-oh :errrm:

What are you lot up to again?! :P

I can't cope, honestly, I started this thread in utter innocence...:innocent:

Please don't start on logs - the most I know is that a train called Henry carries them in Thomas the Tank Engine... :hihi: