Math challenged?

@dawnald (85146)
Shingle Springs, California
January 12, 2009 12:54pm CST
So if I were to tell you that today is my birthday and that I am 22 for the 30th time, how old do you think that would make me? Put on your math thinking caps, this isn't quite as obvious as you might think.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
12 Jan 09
Hey dawn I think you would still be 22 because it doesn't matter how many times you have told me you are 22, you would still be 22!! I am mathmatically challenged and don't really have a clue!!
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
12 Jan 09
I like that answer best! PS read response above!
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@Humbug25 (12540)
12 Jan 09
Something tells me you are either in denial dawn or you are going through a midlife crisis either way Happy Birthday hahahaha
• United States
12 Jan 09
Or how about we just save each other and just say she looks like she is only 22
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@neededhope (1085)
• United States
12 Jan 09
This is actually to me really easy. First your aage is 51 or that's the answer. Now I'll explain how I came up with that. First you say that your 22 for the 30th time. Well you can only be 22 once there for you would have to add 22 plus 29 which equals your age. OR the other way of figuring it which is faster. Would be take 22 plus 30 minus 1 which will come up with the same answer. Unless of course if you have said that your 22 when when you were 19 than that would change the whole problem all togetheir. But since you didn't give that in the questions I would stick to my answer of 51 years.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
12 Jan 09
mathematically flawless but you would have won more points if you had said that I was 22 lol
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• United States
12 Jan 09
LOL! hahahahahahahaha!
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• United States
12 Jan 09
She didn't like that answer sorry
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@riyasam (16556)
• India
13 Jan 09
i would think you are 80 or something.imy granny who is more than 90 goes on repeating things.
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@dfollin (25351)
• United States
13 Jan 09
Oh,good one riyasam!
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
13 Jan 09
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
13 Jan 09
Any number larger than 51 is NOT good!
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@mssnow (9484)
• United States
28 Feb 09
I think you are my age which is 29. lol. Im no good at math as you can see. :):) I have been twnety nice so long i forgot how long it has been. Did i tell you I have sometimers disease :)
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@mssnow (9484)
• United States
1 Mar 09
well the first symptom is you forget your age second you forget what you were doing you forget what you came in the room for.,etc etc..... now what was the convo on??
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
2 Mar 09
yeah what is this discussion about and who are you? (puzzled look)
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
1 Mar 09
sometimers disease? do tell, what are the symptoms? lol
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@luvandpower (2048)
• United States
12 Jan 09
Considering your profile says your 51, and today is your birthday, I am guessing 22 plus 30=52.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
12 Jan 09
Since the first time I was 22, I was 22, you can't add 30 to 22. You have to count starting from 22, or add 29 to 22. :-)
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• United States
12 Jan 09
I know I just cheated lol
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
12 Jan 09
oh be that way!
@vipinl (802)
• India
12 Jan 09
In what you are 22 for the 30th time... i think here you are talkin about something else than age when you say 22 for the 30th time...thats all i can think of..lol, and answer is 51 as your profile says... happy birthday
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
12 Jan 09
I'll take 51 or 22, I'm not picky! 52 will be rejected with a big, loud buzzer though!
@Humbug25 (12540)
12 Jan 09
They just ain't getting luvandpower are they? hahahaha
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• United States
12 Jan 09
how many times must I say this lol...she is 22.
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@dfollin (25351)
• United States
13 Jan 09
Lets see I am math challenged. Maybe you said you were 29 more times after you got 40?
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
13 Jan 09
Actually it was 27. I like to be different...
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@dfollin (25351)
• United States
13 Jan 09
Lol, Ok,you are 22!Happy Birthday![em]happy
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
13 Jan 09
Thanks! :-)
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
28 Feb 09
Theoretically this would put your age at 51, but theory has no place here! It's all about practicality and perceived reality yes? So therefore, I'd like to wish you a very belated 30th 22nd birthday Dawn!
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
28 Feb 09
Well thank you very much! :-)
@Sissygrl (10912)
• Canada
12 Jan 09
52 ?
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@Sissygrl (10912)
• Canada
12 Jan 09
I think that is the shortest answer i have ever given and i felt like i had to come back and say.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. . sorry i was rude and didn't say it in the begining.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
12 Jan 09
Nope, see above. lol
• United States
12 Jan 09
-cough-
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@ElicBxn (63594)
• United States
13 Jan 09
51
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@ElicBxn (63594)
• United States
13 Jan 09
not me, I just celebrated my 24th aniversery of my 30th birthday
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@ElicBxn (63594)
• United States
13 Jan 09
or as I once heard it, 30-25
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
13 Jan 09
Dang, you didn't peek, did you?
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
13 Jan 09
My dad was a math teacher and pushed me in that area....a lot. You are 51...easy.Once was real and the other 21 times you lied to everyone.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
13 Jan 09
I don't think of it as lying, but it's all in the attitude!
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
13 Jan 09
Thanks! :-)
@Arkie69 (2156)
• United States
12 Jan 09
52 right?
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
12 Jan 09
Wrong! lol The correct answer is 51. If I am 22 for the 30th time, I was already 22 when I was 22, so you can't add 30 to it, you have to add 29. But any answer under 50 will also be accepted!
• United States
12 Jan 09
no...she said she is 22.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
12 Jan 09
also true...
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
12 Jan 09
I hate hard questions. why are you so unkind.LOL I only got into college because I had some sciences - I did not pass math. Actually they did not let me sit the examination figuring that it was a waste of time for me to try.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
12 Jan 09
So sorry, but as I said up above somewhere, any answer that is less than 52 is acceptable! Especially if it's 22.
• United States
12 Jan 09
wow the number 22 is everywhere today...I have 22 pennies lol
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• United States
12 Jan 09
wow harsh professors... but anyway she is 22-)
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@mkmoney (468)
12 Jan 09
its 30x22=660 are you really that old lol are you a teacher? can you ask us another question
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
13 Jan 09
I was hoping nobody would call me on that little technicality! But it's not my birthday any more, so why be nice?
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
12 Jan 09
I look pretty darn good for somebody who's almost as old as Methuselah, don't I?
• United States
13 Jan 09
theoretically Methuselah was 969 years old so...660 would only be a little over 2/3
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@livvy092002 (1032)
• Philippines
13 Jan 09
I think your age is now fifty-one because when you turned 22..that was the first time. Then since you have been 22 for the 30th time, so i add up 29 to 22 to get 51. Am i correct?
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
13 Jan 09
You are correct. But I would have accepted 22 also. :-)
@VAnnasamy (426)
• India
13 Jan 09
You are 22, not only for the 30th time, as many times as this topic is read and responded. And every time you get new, energetic life (mission successful...haha haa). Great & challenging birthday... congratulations. Is it Maths and Myths?
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
13 Jan 09
Thanks! And I love it! :-)
@Llonorra22 (1150)
• Philippines
28 Feb 09
Sorry friend, but MATH always gives me a big, big headache! I don't know the answer friend!!
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
28 Feb 09
me too!
• India
13 Jan 09
that would make you 51 years old... well anyways happy 22nd bday!!
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
13 Jan 09
Yes and thanks! :-)