TRY THIS AT CHRISTMAS.
Among .ingenious metliids of telling * . j person his or her, ago .the following is on« ! of tho host." It is, of course, understood . 1 that; the person knows himself how old he is. Suppose that a boy is 15, and that j his birthday is in August. Tell, him to .! write down on paper the cumber' of ths ' j month'ill which he was born, and to pro. >i coed as follows, without, of ■ course, tell< j ing you the ■ ... -] Number of month in calendar 8 j Multiply by 2 is . j Add 5 . -\2X '. Then multiply, by 50 ; 1050 . ] Add his ago 10G5 ' Subtract 365. .;. . 700: Finally, add .115 . 815 ; r When the boy has completed this pro« . cess ho tells, you the result, and you can at once' tell him that .'August, the eighth month,_ is the month of his birth, and that his' ago is 15.' The two figures on the right of the result always indicate the . age up to 100, and the remaining figure or figures tell the month. .
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1008, 24 December 1910, Page 11
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177TRY THIS AT CHRISTMAS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1008, 24 December 1910, Page 11
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