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Although I'm sure there are some math OTers that will immediately understand why it works...here it is...
1.<span> </span>Shuffle up your deck.<span> </span>No jokers, just the 52 playing cards.
2.<span> </span>You will be creating 5 piles.<span> </span>Deal out the very first card.
3.<span> </span>IF it’s a face card, put it on the bottom of the pile.<span> </span>If not, deal more cards counting to 11.<span> </span>For example, if you deal an 8, then deal out 9, 10, 11 (3 more cards regardless of what the card is).<span> </span>If you deal an A, then deal out 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 (10 more cards regardless of what the card is).<span> </span>Essentially, the first card (as long as it’s not a face card) determines how many more cards you put in that particular pile.<span> </span>
4.<span> </span>Make 5 piles doing this.
5.<span> </span>Turn all 5 piles upside down.
6.<span> </span>Randomly pull two of the piles out, and place them in your deck (top or bottom of deck, doesn’t matter).<span> </span>For explicative purposes, just keep this pile in your hand.
7.<span> </span>Of the three piles left, random pull off the top card of TWO of those piles, and expose it above the pile it came from.<span> </span>The remaining pile with NO card above it we will call the “lone pile” for explicative purposes.
8.<span> </span>Add those two numbers together, then add 16 to that.<span> </span>For example, if you pull of 5 and 2, add that for 7.<span> </span>Then add 16 + 7 for 23.<span> </span>
9.<span> </span>Take the number you came up with, and pull that many out of the pile from your hand.<span> Set those aside.
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10.<span> </span>Count the number of cards <span>remaining</span> in your hand pile having done step 9.<span> </span>
11.<span> </span>Flip up the top card of the “lone pile” and it should be the same number from step 10 above.<span> </span>For example, if in step 10 you counted 4 cards, then when<span> </span>you flip up this card, it should be a 4.<span> </span>
I’ve done this 5 times, worked every time.<span> </span> -
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You must be swamped today :D
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11 steps?
I read the first 3 steps, and then I gave up. Too much work. Also, there is math involved? Are you serious? If I wanted to work, I wouldn't be unemployed. -
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I know, 11 steps.
Seriously, they're all very easy.
No, you don't have to do any math, you can just do the trick, and be slightly amazed, and move on I guess. -
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Originally Posted by Scha
11 steps?
I read the first 3 steps, and then I gave up. Too much work. -
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Oh yeah, I got the whole trick figured out now. Holy crap I should have paid more attention in school. I can add this all up but have no idea how that explains the trick at all.Originally Posted by Denty
ive seen this problem before, ill try to break down the math step by step.
52 /5 = 10.4 - 11 = -.6 * 5 = -3 ^ 1 = -3 + 2 = -1 + 16 + 5 + 2 + 7 + 23 = 52 cards in a deck -
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This is better
Grab a calculator
1. Key in the first 3 digits of your phone number....NOT the area code.
2. Multiply by 80
3. Add 1
4. Multipy by 250
5. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number
6. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number again
7. Subtract 250
8. Divide by 2.
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This is a cool trick. OP's fails hard unless I'm retarded or he wrote the instructions wrongOriginally Posted by LeftyMark
This is better
Grab a calculator
1. Key in the first 3 digits of your phone number....NOT the area code.
2. Multiply by 80
3. Add 1
4. Multipy by 250
5. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number
6. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number again
7. Subtract 250
8. Divide by 2.
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ty for not leveling me, pretty coolOriginally Posted by LeftyMark
This is better
Grab a calculator
1. Key in the first 3 digits of your phone number....NOT the area code.
2. Multiply by 80
3. Add 1
4. Multipy by 250
5. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number
6. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number again
7. Subtract 250
8. Divide by 2.
recognize the answer ?? -
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fypOriginally Posted by Lord Supremo
This is a cool trick. OP's fails because I'm retarded
j/k...
I likely didn't write it with great articulation dude, but it really does work.
HUGE EDIT: I do think that step 3 should start off that if it's a face card to "put it on the bottom of the deck" and not pile. The piles you're creating on some table, the deck is in your hand.
Sorry, that would likely make a huge difference if you're putting the face cards in the bottoms of the piles on the table (incorrect) instead of putting the face cards on the bottom of the deck (correct) -
sick brag about being really old.
Originally Posted by LeftyMark
Grab a calculator
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damit didnt work, explain step 5 better please if the number is 100 i add 9+0+0+6? or i add 9006?Originally Posted by LeftyMark
This is better
Grab a calculator
1. Key in the first 3 digits of your phone number....NOT the area code.
2. Multiply by 80
3. Add 1
4. Multipy by 250
5. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number
6. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number again
7. Subtract 250
8. Divide by 2.
recognize the answer ?? -
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Are you wearing a helmet?Originally Posted by dangood1
damit didnt work, explain step 5 better please if the number is 100 i add 9+0+0+6? or i add 9006?
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it would appear that way today, lol at myself and shaking head
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If the last 4 of your # are xxx-xxx-1234, you add 1234 not 1+2+3+4Originally Posted by dangood1
damit didnt work, explain step 5 better please if the number is 100 i add 9+0+0+6? or i add 9006?
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so when you say hand pile you mean the deck?
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Here's a better one that I like.
1. Take 15 random cards from the deck. Ask the "Mark" to pick one car out, show it to everyone except me and put it back into the pile.
2. Deal the cards out face down on the table into 3 columns of 5 cards. The dealing order is important. You must do it as follows.
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
10 11 12
13 14 15
3. Ask Mark to tell you what column his selected card is in. You then scoop up that column of cards. You then scoop the other two columns, placing one column on top of the "target" column, and one on the bottom of the "target" column - you are placing Mark's column in the middle.
4. Repeat steps and 2 and 3 two more times.
5. After scooping his target column the third time - his card will be the 8th in the stack of 15 cards (you have essentially moved his card towards the middle each time you go through steps 2 and 3).
6. Now - the trick isn't quite done. You know where the card is, but you are going to let "Mark" actually pick the card out.
7. Deal the cards out from the top down into 3 pyramids as follows (with cards #5, #10 and #15 being on the top of the other 4 cards).
1 2
5
3 4
Remember - Mark's card will be #8, so it will be the lower left card in pyramid 2.
8a. Now you play an elimination game with Mark. Have him select two piles. If he selects the pile with THE CARD, then you "keep" those piles. You then have him select one pile and either "keep" or "eliminate" the pile so that THE CARD is still on the table.
8b. If he selects the two piles without THE CARD, then you eliminate those two piles.
(the key to this is to move quickly and to keep talking - don't let them realize that you are manipulating his selections to end up with THE CARD still on the table).
9. When you are down to 5 cards, spread them out on the table (remembering that THE CARD is the lower left corner of the pile). Have Mark select 3 cards and either "keep" or "eliminate" the cards. Then have him select 1 card. If that is THE CARD, you then get rid of the other two cards and ask him to turn it over. If he doesn't select THE CARD, then eliminate the card he selected and have him select one more. And either eliminate or keep that card and have him turn over the last card, which should be THE CARD.
Remember to move quickly and always keep talking (that's the distraction). And if they ask how you did it, just say...
It's MAGIC!!!
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Thats a nifty little trick u have thereOriginally Posted by LeftyMark
This is better
Grab a calculator
1. Key in the first 3 digits of your phone number....NOT the area code.
2. Multiply by 80
3. Add 1
4. Multipy by 250
5. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number
6. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number again
7. Subtract 250
8. Divide by 2.
recognize the answer ?? -
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you lost me after step 3
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wo0o0ow
just did it once and it worked.
bout to do it again to make sure it wasn't coincidence -
nope ops trick works for me
Originally Posted by Lord Supremo
This is a cool trick. OP's fails hard unless I'm retarded or he wrote the instructions wrong
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