How does the 111 thing work this year?

[Phil C]

A friend of mine told me that this is the only year it works. Now anyone born in the 2000s will add up to 11 but before that it will be 111. What you do is take the last two numbers in the year you were born and add it to how old you will be on your birthday in 2011.
For example if a person was born March 31, 1980 he became 31 in 2011. You add 80 plus 31 and you get 111.

Now if a child was born on March 31, 2005 he became 6 this year and you add 6 plus 5 and get 11.

I wonder how that worked out that way.

[Phil C]

I have done research and it only works for 111 for those born in 1900 to 1999. In the 2000s it adds up to 11. I still don't know why it works out though.

[Phil C]

Hey someone born in the 1800s it adds up to 211. :)

And if one was born in the 1700s it would be 311. :)

[crzyjournalist03]

It's true that it will only add to 111 this year, because age is a function of the years passed from your birth year until the present.

So next year, everybody who was born in the 1900s will have their age add up to 112 in the year 2012, and the following year, 2013, it will add up to 113, and so on.

Unfortunately, it's no special trick related to this year. It's the laws of math.

[Phil C]

Originally posted by crzyjournalist03
It's true that it will only add to 111 this year, because age is a function of the years passed from your birth year until the present.

So next year, everybody who was born in the 1900s will have their age add up to 112 in the year 2012, and the following year, 2013, it will add up to 113, and so on.

Unfortunately, it's no special trick related to this year. It's the laws of math.

Great information crazy! Thanks for sharing. I guess in 2010 anyone born in the 1900s would have added up to 110.

[Saggy Aggie]

Phil is the ultimate troll.

[nobogey72]

Ya'll must really be bored.:D

[Tx Challenge]

More useless info :D This year, July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. This happens once every 823 years.

[crzyjournalist03]

Originally posted by Tx Challenge
More useless info :D This year, July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. This happens once every 823 years.

False.

[Tx Challenge]

Originally posted by crzyjournalist03
False.

You are correct!:D I didnt check my facts. :doh: Next time is 2016. I am no math wiz, but it isn't 823 more years!

[Phil C]

Originally posted by Tx Challenge
You are correct!:D I didnt check my facts. :doh: Next time is 2016. I am no math wiz, but it isn't 823 more years!

Whew!

[Buckeye1980]

some people have too much free time

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by Phil C
A friend of mine told me that this is the only year it works. Now anyone born in the 2000s will add up to 11 but before that it will be 111. What you do is take the last two numbers in the year you were born and add it to how old you will be on your birthday in 2011.
For example if a person was born March 31, 1980 he became 31 in 2011. You add 80 plus 31 and you get 111.

Now if a child was born on March 31, 2005 he became 6 this year and you add 6 plus 5 and get 11.

I wonder how that worked out that way.



There are 100 years to be born on in every century. Once the full century has passed then that formula will always work out the same way because you are dividing those 100 years into two parts. (the number of years passed before a person was born and the number of years the person has been alive) You are then adding that number to the number of years passed since the end of that century. Next year this formula will equal 112. 113 the next and so on and so on.