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I just ate an entire box of chocolate cadbury fingers

A portion of 4 fingers is 7% of the recommended daily intake of sugar, or 6.4g. One box contains 9 portions. How much of my daily recommended amount of sugar did I just consume?

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So in pure mathematical terms your problem is

7*9=x

solve for x. :holmes:
Original post by SirMasterKey
So in pure mathematical terms your problem is

7*9=x

solve for x. :holmes:

surely it would be 6.4g multiplied by 9? but i cant work out what the percentage is?
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Original post by sherlockfan
surely it would be 6.4g multiplied by 9? but i cant work out what the percentage is?


If 1 portion is 7% and there are 9 portions in the box, then your total is

7+7+7+7+7+7+7+7+7 = 7*9 % = 63%
Original post by Thorsas
if 1 portion is 7% and there are 9 portions in the box, then your total is

7+7+7+7+7+7+7+7+7 = 7*9 % = 63%

ok i dont get how you worked that out but thanks. i thought it would be 200000%.

feel sick. shouldn't have eaten so much.

edit: no wait, that doesn't sound right. surely it's 6.4 grams multiplied by 9 and then you calculate the percentage?
im fairly sure you cant multiply percentages.
(edited 9 years ago)
I once ate an entire tub of roses chocolates after a steaming hot Indian curry.

I must have eaten 10,000 calories that day.

Never again.
Ironically so did I a few hours ago, I had the milk & white chocolate ones :smile:
Original post by sherlockfan
surely it would be 6.4g multiplied by 9? but i cant work out what the percentage is?


You can multiply percentages.
Original post by SirMasterKey
You can multiply percentages.

so how much of my daily intake is 57.6 grams of sugar? that's what I ate.
Original post by Multitalented me
Ironically so did I a few hours ago, I had the milk & white chocolate ones :smile:

an entire box?
how did you feel afterwards?
Original post by sherlockfan
so how much of my daily intake is 57.6 grams of sugar? that's what I ate.


Well what is the GDA (Guideline Daily Amount) of sugar?

Do (57.6g/GDA)*100
Original post by sherlockfan
an entire box?
how did you feel afterwards?
Yeah, done it a few times before as well haha :mmm: I felt good :h:
Original post by SirMasterKey
Well what is the GDA (Guideline Daily Amount) of sugar?

Do (57.6g/GDA)*100

im not sure but i think it's 90g for an adult.

yeah i cant do maths.
Original post by Multitalented me
Yeah, done it a few times before as well haha :mmm: I felt good :h:

i feel stuffed.
and i told myself i would only eat 2 portions (8 fingers) at the most every day until it was finished :sigh: should have known it was never going to happen.
Original post by sherlockfan
im not sure but i think it's 90g for an adult.

yeah i cant do maths.


Use a calculator. Or Google. Google will do that calculation for you. Don't be lazy :unimpressed:
Original post by sherlockfan
i feel stuffed.
and i told myself i would only eat 2 portions (8 fingers) at the most every day until it was finished :sigh: should have known it was never going to happen.
Really, did you eat anything else as well? A box doesn't really fill me up tbh, I finished mine in like 5 mins lol. We both need to be more astute in the art of self-control I guess :tongue:
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You've just ruined chocolate finger fantasy by talking about maths lol


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Original post by Multitalented me
Really, did you eat anything else as well? A box doesn't really fill me up tbh, I finished mine in like 5 mins lol. We both need to be more astute in the art of self-control I guess :tongue:

yeah i had supper, a bowl of pasta with tomato sauce and some crackers with cheese as well. and a yogurt.
im so greedy. im not fat though. but if i continue like this it won't end well :s-smilie:
i was feeling anxious and i needed to binge to calm myself down.
Original post by SirMasterKey
Use a calculator. Or Google. Google will do that calculation for you. Don't be lazy :unimpressed:

i still wouldnt know which calculation to use.
my maths just sucks. even if i wasnt lazy i'm too dumb to figure it out.
Original post by sherlockfan
i still wouldnt know which calculation to use.
my maths just sucks. even if i wasnt lazy i'm too dumb to figure it out.


Time to work out how to use one then isn't it. The world is a big scary place. No one out there will help you.

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