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That was off by 1 year. Yay I'm yunger because of the internet.

It was on the money for me......I should try lying about my age and redo....

It gives my shoe size as 22 and my age is off by one (-1).
 
"I hate numbers- there's too many of them." / Butthead

That's some big feet ewe got there Big Bert!!
 

Neither juan of those numbers were even close for me. Obviously, I Am wearing someone else's shoes.

UbiquitousBubba
Neither juan of those numbers were even close for me. Obviously, I Am wearing someone else's shoes.

You should try putting yourself in my shoes, and soon realize that you can't have your cake and it too.

I don't keep cake in there. It affects the flavor.

UbiquitousBubba
Neither juan of those numbers were even close for me. Obviously, I Am wearing someone else's shoes.

Angels want to wear your red shoes?

Those red shoes have certainly been around.
I have a bad feeling that Dorothy and Todo aren't going to be happy about this.....

I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man with no feet.
 
So I took his shoes.  Hey, it's not like he's going to use them, ya?

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How does this work? It requires a little bit of algebra to understand. Let's call shoe size "s" and your birth year "y." Now, let's do the trick again, using these letters instead of numbers.
Multiple s by 5: 5s
Add 50: 5s + 50
Multiply by 20: 20(5s + 50) = 100s + 1000
Add 1014: 100s + 1000 + 1014 = 100s + 2014
Subtract birth year: 100s + 2014 - y
Do you see why it works? No matter what your shoe size is, it will always be the first two digits of the answer. If your shoe is 12, then 100s = 1200. If you are European and your shoe size is 36, then 100s = 3600.
The age part should be obvious. 2014 (the current year) - y (your birth year) will give your age.
But this trick does not always work. If you were born in, say, December 1982, then this trick would incorrectly conclude that you were 32 years old. In fact, you would be only 31. The trick also does not work if you are 100 years old or older. If you were born in 1914 and wear a size 10 shoe, the trick would conclude that your shoe size is 11 and that you were 0 years old.
So, if you want to impress people with a math trick this Halloween, just be sure their birthday is sometime before November... and don't show it to any centenarians!

 
 
 
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Write down your shoe size,  next write down your age.
 
The first digit(s) are your shoe size and the next two are your age.
 
 
I tried it and it works every time.