This is pretty neat so please don’t cheat by scrolling down first!
It will take you less than a minute and is fun (especially for chocoholics).
Work it out as you go along.  Calculators are allowed!

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1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate (more than once but less than 10)

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2. Multiply this number by 2

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3. Add 5

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4. Multiply it by 50 — I’ll wait while you get the calculator

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5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1759 and if you haven’t , add 1758

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

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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 ;-)

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The Chocolate Calculator – spread the word :-)

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H/T Pupazz

29 Comments CherryPie on Aug 29th 2009

29 Responses to “Your Age by Chocolate Math”

  1. After seeing all these scrumptious pics I had to add another number… :) The age was right and I ain’t tellin’ LOL

  2. jameshigham says:

    Why on earth this evening while I have toothache? Aaagh – I can’t look at my favourite foodstuff.

  3. Haha Good one Cherie and it’s quite correct!

  4. ubermouth says:

    I was too tired to do the maths but now I am craving chocolate.

  5. angus says:

    Sorry, I phased out and started drooling at picture 3, what was the question?

  6. Phidelm says:

    Amazing, Cherie – but how on earth do the calculations work? Will be sure to get latest lot of iron rations @ chocolatier tomorrow … ;-) !

  7. Yum, yum, I’ve come over all religious all of a sudden…

    Chocolate Koran

  8. Dragonstar says:

    That was fun! I love the chocolate calculator.

  9. liz says:

    Yes! Very ingenious. I’m sure these things are very logical really but it certainly seems like magic!

  10. Sean Jeating says:

    :)
    Well, you need three variables.
    x for how often you think of choc,
    y for the year of your birth
    z for either 1759 or 1758

    And here we go:
    (2x + 5) 50 + z – y

    It works as long you are not 100 years and older. In this case you’d have to vary a bit.

    Ah, math is so sweet. :)

    And so is this post which I enjoyed very much.

  11. Sean Jeating says:

    Well, next year z has to stand for 1760 respectively 1759, so that you will get either 2010 (had already birthday)or 2009 (had no birthday yet):
    Example (leaving the subtraction of one’s year of birth aside):
    (2x + 5) 50 + z
    100 x + 250 + 1760 / 1759 = 2010 /2009

    and so forth: in 2015 z becomes 2015 / 2014, in 2525 it becomes 2525 / 2524. :)

  12. Sean Jeating says:

    Peeeh! :) Sorry.
    Of course, in 2015 to get 2015 respectively 2014 z has to become 1765 / 1764.

  13. Sean,
    I am thankful for math persons. :)
    You made it out so simply…to see the algebra makes sense; to come up with it initially, is another story…

  14. Hi CherryPie,
    my comment the other day must not have posted…so, ‘thanks, this was fun!’ :)

    • CherryPie says:

      The comments do occasionally go a little quirky. I occasionally get threads where the comments won’t let me comment on my own blog!

      Glad you enjoyed it and I am glad Sean explained how it worked :-)

  15. Claudia says:

    Thanks, CherryPie – I enjoyed the chocolate illustrations immensely. I actually had to buy some sweets after I viewed your post. But I didn’t do the calculation. I’m terrible at math. Even Sean’s brilliant exposé would not convince me to try. The point is I’m not interested at all in finding out how old I am. The less I know on that subject, the better I feel.

    • CherryPie says:

      There are some good ones in there (non of them mine). I don’t know how I managed to post it, I am supposed to be on a diet ;-)

      Maths isn’t my favourite subject either.