Mystery Math

[ValerieYanez]

1. Multiply the number of brothers you have by 2. If you don’t have brothers multiply by 0. 2. Add 3. 3. Mutilpy by 5. 4. Add the number of sisters you have. Add 0 if you don’t have any. 5. Multiply by 10. 6. Add the number of how many living grandparents you have. Add 0 if you don’t have any. 7. Subtract 150 The Answer- The first digit in the number you get is how many brothers you have - The second digit is how many sisters - The third digit is how many living grandparents. Cool huh?

 

[Ringel05]

what's math precious?

 

[Auld Phart]

ok

 

[Cellblock2429]

1. Multiply the number of brothers you have by 2. If you don’t have brothers multiply by 0. 2. Add 3. 3. Mutilpy by 5. 4. Add the number of sisters you have. Add 0 if you don’t have any. 5. Multiply by 10. 6. Add the number of how many living grandparents you have. Add 0 if you don’t have any. 7. Subtract 150 The Answer- The first digit in the number you get is how many brothers you have - The second digit is how many sisters - The third digit is how many living grandparents. Cool huh?

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1.) 2 brothers x 2 = 4
2.) 4 + 3 = 7
3.) 7 x 5 = 35
4.) 1 sister + 35 = 36
5.) 36 x 10 = 360
6.) no living grandparents
7.) 360 - 150 = 210
I don't see how the number of grandparents living would affect this math equation since it only affect the last digit in step 6 unless it affects people with different numbers of relatives.

But cool anyway.

 

[Moonglow]

I have zero, boy that was hard....

 

[my2¢]

The heck with all this new math, I'll stick with the old style...

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[ValerieYanez]

The heck with all this new math, I'll stick with the old style...

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[yiostheoy]

0 = 0
1 = 1
0 + 1 = 1
1 + 1 = 2

Math is a set of definitions in the human mind.

It does not exist outside of the human mind.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

1. Multiply the number of brothers you have by 2. If you don’t have brothers multiply by 0. 2. Add 3. 3. Mutilpy by 5. 4. Add the number of sisters you have. Add 0 if you don’t have any. 5. Multiply by 10. 6. Add the number of how many living grandparents you have. Add 0 if you don’t have any. 7. Subtract 150 The Answer- The first digit in the number you get is how many brothers you have - The second digit is how many sisters - The third digit is how many living grandparents. Cool huh?

Here's an easier way to get the same result.

Multiply the number of brothers that you have by ten.

Add the number of sisters that you have to that result.

Multiply that new result by ten.

Add the number of living grandparents.

Of course, this somehow seems much less clever without the extra steps to obfuscate what is really going on, and which ultimately are crafted to cancel one another out.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

0 = 0
1 = 1
0 + 1 = 1
1 + 1 = 2

Math is a set of definitions in the human mind.

It does not exist outside of the human mind.

There are 10 kinds of people in the world—those who understand binary numbers, and those who do not.

 

[ValerieYanez]

1. Multiply the number of brothers you have by 2. If you don’t have brothers multiply by 0. 2. Add 3. 3. Mutilpy by 5. 4. Add the number of sisters you have. Add 0 if you don’t have any. 5. Multiply by 10. 6. Add the number of how many living grandparents you have. Add 0 if you don’t have any. 7. Subtract 150 The Answer- The first digit in the number you get is how many brothers you have - The second digit is how many sisters - The third digit is how many living grandparents. Cool huh?

Here's an easier way to get the same result.

Multiply the number of brothers that you have by ten.

Add the number of sisters that you have to that result.

Multiply that new result by ten.

Add the number of living grandparents.

Of course, this somehow seems much less clever without the extra steps to obfuscate what is really going on, and which ultimately are crafted to cancel one another out.

Sure enough, that works too. Cool

 

[Yarddog]

0 = 0
1 = 1
0 + 1 = 1
1 + 1 = 2

Math is a set of definitions in the human mind.

It does not exist outside of the human mind.

but dont mathematical equations happen in the real world with chemical reactions? naturally occuring compounds that form because of unstable molecules and all that? those happenings are still defined numerically whether anyone knows they happened or not.