Posted on 10/28/2021 10:19:26 AM PDT by mylife
You don't want to end up with bags upon bags of extra candy this Halloween, especially considering our current economy of shortages; experts say costumes, decorations, and yes, candy, are all stuck at U.S. ports, as there aren't enough truck drivers to transport the goods.
Luckily, there's a new online calculator that uses a simple equation to determine exactly how much Halloween candy you should buy to satisfy all of your trick-or-treaters (without wasting a morsel).
đ You love math. So do we. Let's solve some problems together. The calculatorâjointly developed by Birmingham, Alabama-based delivery company Shipt and Mars Wrigley, a self-proclaimed "leading manufacturer of chocolate, chewing gum, mints, and fruity confections"âis pretty fun, with two sections that have different mathematical goals.
How Much Candy Should You Buy For Halloween? The first section calculates the gross (no offense, this just means the total) amount of candy you'll need for your trick-or-treaters. To figure that out, you'll multiply time Ă kids Ă generosity. In the second part, you'll figure out how much extra candy you need to purchase now if you want to make sure there's still enough left by the time October 31 rolls around. For that, you'll multiply the number of days ahead of Halloween it is when you buy the candy Ă your household size Ă your sneakiness level.
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When I was still teaching I use to get most of my students. About 130 kids. Last year during covid I had a little under 100.
Easy. None.
When our kids were young we never celebrated a satanic inspired holiday.
Weâd take them to a friends hose and theyâd play together ball evening.
nutty buddies are darn Good from the freezer too. :)
Same here. We live in a relatively rural area and get about two or three.
Although young couples with children are moving in, so maybe this year will be different.
But most parents drive their children to suburban developments. They are denser.
I agree!
Halloween is all about extra candy!
More research is required. I need a grant.
MMMM we loff dee ccocoanut!
Any excess candy I have, I take over to the local fire department. They seem to appreciate it.
LOL!
Yeah, figuring out how much money candy to buy is mystifying for most people! LOL
All the numbers are estimated. Like the Drake equation. There are many variables. Every one is a guess. The equation doesn’t give any more certainty than is in the numbers.
Now that’s ingenious!
And making sure it is the candy you like!!
That’s more dramatic than just turning out all the lights like I do.
“Popular Mechanics? Pathetic.”
Go through the calculator and come back here.
That’s a great idea! Or maybe to a children’s hospital. The nurses and doctors will know what to give the children.
“This is a serious article, “
NOT!
“How can we make something simple so complicated????”
Did you look at the calculator?
Agreed. Though, those people canât read so popular mechanics wasted their time publishing this article
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