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Chocolate Math
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8/7/2006 9:43:16 AM
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Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway-but the Hershey Man will know! YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATH This is pretty neat.
DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute Work this out as you read ... 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 have chocolate (more than once but less than 10)
2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
3. Add 5
4. Multiply it by 50 -- I'll wait while you get the calculator
5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1756 .... If you haven't, add 1755.
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 chocolate each week).
The next two numbers are
YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!!!!)
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ot
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Chocolate Math
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8/7/2006 5:00:50 PM
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how does that work? pretty neat..thanks
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JIM
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Chocolate Math
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8/7/2006 5:07:58 PM
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That is as old as high button shoes. All it is is add,multiply and take away.
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Maverick
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Chocolate Math - Jim
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8/7/2006 5:47:11 PM
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This must be old Jim as take away is now called subtraction - Just teasing you, LOL
Later
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JIM
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Chocolate Math - Jim
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8/7/2006 6:19:23 PM
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Hey,Mav., don`t push my button. You got the point.
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Maverick
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Chocolate Math - Jim
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8/7/2006 6:23:10 PM
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LMAO - I knew you would have a good come back.
Later
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Chocolate Math
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8/8/2006 12:45:38 PM
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Just meant to be a little fun Gentlemen. If you want to get serious about things, then open up those fat wallets and big bank accounts. GeorgiaPeach is setting there with this Million Dollar piece of property awaiting your offer. I bet you can score it for around $850.000.00 Now how is that for Chocolate Math? Better hurry or someone from New York City will buy it in a "Flash".
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jawjagal
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more math
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8/8/2006 2:35:14 PM
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Figure this one for me....
3 men went to a store and bought $30 worth of goods. They split the purchase 3 ways...each paying $10...right?
The clerk realized that she overcharged them by $5. She asked the bagger to run after them to give them their change. Before catching up with them, but seeing there were 3 men, he kept 2 dollars for himself and then gave them the $3, which they divided among them for $1 each.
This means, then, that each man didn't pay $10, but only $9 each for their purchases. $10 - $1 = $9.
But $9 x's 3 = $27. Bagger kept $2 ($2 + $27 = $29.) WHY????????
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JIM
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more math
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8/8/2006 2:52:44 PM
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This is old as dirt, it`s all according to the sequence as to subtraction. There is no missing dollar. 30-5=25-3=22-2=0. simple.
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I don't know about jim's math, but the answer lies in the fact that the base price is not 30 anymore, but is now 25 after the return of the 5. They each paid 8.3333, not 10.
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JIM
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more math
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8/8/2006 5:36:19 PM
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Must ba a Auburn Alumi.
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LifeTime Laker
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Go back too....
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8/9/2006 10:23:55 AM
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...whatever High School you dropped out of and ask one of the math teachers to explain it to you. It was one of my math prof's that explained it to me over 20 years ago, only it was traveling salesmen and a hotel room.
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more math
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8/9/2006 11:08:27 AM
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22-2=0???
I agree, the operative word here is "simple." But it's not the math that's simple!
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JIM
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more math
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8/9/2006 6:01:55 PM
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Got me on that one longtimer, know what happened but can`t explain it. GOOD JOB.
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