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Jillius | 11:51 Thu 07th May 2009 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Pick a number between 1 and 9 inclusive.
Multiply by 2
Add 5
Multiply by 50 ( go get the calculator ! )
Add 1759 if you have had your birthday this year
Add 1578 if you haven't
Subtract the year you were born
You will be left with a 3 digit number
The first number is the one you originally chose, the other 2 are your age !
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tried it---didnt work
It worked for me.......................that's great.
Didn't work for me either
tried it again-- still doesn't work
mine didn't work either..........sorry
just tried it and it did work. Am I really that old ?
the middle number is the original and the ones either side are my age....
Yes, it works for me.
You add 1758 not 1578
i thought of 3

but it says 1

i am 45


but it says 64


so


the audience says

duhhh duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Sorry Jill, but that didn't work for me.

4 x 2 + 5 x 50 + 1578 - 1972 = 256

I'll be 37 in a couple of months.

*** EDIT ***

It works if you add 1758

4 x 2 + 5 x 50 + 1758 - 1972 = 436
square is right and now it works



lol
well I know I'm no spring chicken but apparently I'm 80....what happened in the 'lost' years.............have I been on here that long..............
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Oh no !!!!! sorry. It should have said 1758 NOT 1578.
Woops
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I'll see if I can put it right !!
It only works if the current year is 2009.

When we get bto 2010 you have to add either 1760 or 1759, and in 2011 add 1761 or 1760, etc.

It works because of this

Choose the number - call it x

so, by stages:

x
2x
2x+5
100x+250

then adding 1759 gives you 100x + 2009.

Subtract the birt year from 2009 and you get your age, and the 100x is 100 times the number you first chose.

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