Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Number Tricks
Number Tricks
1. Have your friend to think of a number in his/head. That number will be called the "mystery
number".
2. Tell them to add five. Now add two and then subtract three.
3. Now have them subtract that by the mystery number. Your friend should end up with 4.
1. Tell your friend to think of a number in his/head. That number will be called the mystery
number.
3. Now tell him/her to subtact that by the mystery number. Your friend should end up with 4.
The Magic Number 1089
1. Use your first piece of paper to write down the number "1089". After you write down the
number, ball it up and place it on the floor.
2. Tell your friend to write down any three digit number with different digits(on the second
sheet of paper).
3. Tell your friend to reverse the digits.For example, 742 is reversed to 247. Next, tell your
friend to subtract the bigger number and the smaller number.
4. Tell your friend to reverse the answer he just got. After that, your friend should add up the
last two digits.
5. Your friend should come up with a total of 1089. Ask your friend the answer he/she got.
When he/she tells you the answer, grab the piece of paper that you had on the floor. Unball
the piece of paper and show your friend.
7. Examples: A. 753 - 357 = 396 B. 396 + 693 = 1089 A. 846 - 648 = 198 B. 198 + 891 =
1089 As you can see, the answer will always be 1089
Magic Number 10
1. Tell your friend to pick a number. Then tell them to double their number.
4. Ask them if their result is 10. Correctly, your friend will say yes!
Betcha Can't Make Nine Pencils Out Of
Thirteen!
1. Tell your friend you can make nine pencils out of thirteen without taking any away.
2. Put thirteen pencils in front of you then write the letters "NINE"in capitol letters.
2. Multiply it with 9.
7. Add 5 to the number you had before you matched the letter with it.
Nine
3. Once they give up, cross 1 line between the first two lines so the touch. Then skip the 2nd
line.
4. After that, do the same thing that you did with the first lines. After that, draw 3 lines on the
last line to make an E. Now you should have made NINE!!!!
1. First think of any number and write it on a small sheet of paper with your pencil. Fold it up
and place it in your pocket. Remember this number.(
2. Go to your friend (if you brought the calculator give it to them) and tell them to think of a
number (and maybe enter it on the calculator if they got one). Make sure they don't tell you.
4. Now this is where your number on the paper comes in. In your head, double the number
you wrote. Tell your friend to add the number you doubled in your head.
6. Then tell them to subtract the number they currently have from the first one they started
with or vice versa.
7. Pull out the piece of paper in your pocket and give it to your friend. They will be amazed
because the number on the paper will be their number!
Notes:
2. Pick a person from the audience and ask them their age, year of a very important event,
when they were born and years passed since the important event.
3. Add up all those numbers and it should add up to the number in the envelope.