gistfile1.py

def secret_formula(started):
    jelly_beans = started * 500
    my_jars = jelly_beans / 1000
    my_crates = my_jars / 100
    return jelly_beans, my_jars, my_crates

start_point = 10000
beans, jars, crates = secret_formula(start_point)

print "With a starting point of: %d" % start_point
print "We'd have %d beans, %d jars, and %d crates." % (beans, jars, crates)

start_point = start_point / 10

print "We can also do that this way:"
print "We'd have %d beans, %d jars, and %d crates." % secret_formula(start_point)