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Prepared By:
Rohit Upadhyay
This trick makes you look like your brain is a mega fast
calculator!
Ask a friend to write down ANY three digit number such as 231
or 884. Ask them to multiply the number by
x7
x 11
x 13
...but even if your friend has used a calculator, you will have
written down the answer ages ago! It's fiendish!
THE SECRET: all you do is write out the starting number twice!
So 231 will become 231231 and 884 will become 884884. You
don't believe it? Well try it on this calculator and see for
yourself! You work this calculator by clicking the mouse on the
buttons. Go on, put in ANY three digit number then x7 x11 x 13
and see what you get!
Here it is!
Go and hide in a cupboard, or cover your eyes in some way so that you can't
see what your friend is writing.
Ask a friend to secretly write down ANY number (at least four digits long). e.g.
78341
Ask the friend to add up the digits... e.g. 7+8+3+4+1 = 23
... and then subtract the answer from the first number. e.g. 78341 - 23 = 78318
Your friend then crosses out ONE digit from the answer. (It can be any digit
except a zero) e.g. 7x318
Your friend then reads out what digits are left .e.g. 7-3-1-8
Even though you haven't seen any numbers, you can say what the missing digit
is! EIGHT
THE SECRET
This great trick relies on the power of 9.
After your friend has added up the digits and subtracted them, the answer will
ALWAYS divide by 9. If a number divides by nine, then when you add the digits
up, they will also divide by 9. If you check our example 7+8+3+1+8 = 27 which
does divide by nine.
When your friend crosses a digit out, he then reads out the digits that are left.
You add them up. In the example we had 7+3+1+8 = 19
All you do now is see what you have to add on to your answer to get the next
number that divides by nine! The next number to divide by 9 after 19 is 27. So
you need to add on EIGHT. This is the number that was crossed out!
Birthday Trick
This math trick will determine your birthday. Just follow the steps with a
calculator and press equal after each step. Go ahead and try the trick without
cheating! For a simple, online JavaScript calculator, click on the calculator
button.
1. Add 18 to your birth month
2. Multiply by 25
3. Subtract 333
4. Multiply by 8
5. Subtract 554
6. Divide by 2
7. Add your birth date
8. Multiply by 5
9. Add 692
10. Multiply by 20
11. Add only the last two digits of your birth year
12. Subtract 32940 to get your birthday!
The answer's format is: month/day/year. For example, an answer of 123199
means that you were born on December 31, 1999. If the answer is not right,
you followed the directions incorrectly or lied about your birthday.
Using prime numbers, you can amaze your friends with a prime
prediction...
Ask your friends to pick any prime number bigger than 5, but they
must not tell you what it is.
Square it. (In other words multiply the prime number by itself.)
Add 17
Divide by 12
Without knowing which prime number your friends picked, you can still
tell them:
For example, if you want to try the trick with the prime
number 2801, here's what to push:
2801 * 2801 =
+ 17 =
/ 12 =
...and that's the answer! Now find a new prime number and try
it.
Take the first 2 digits of your home phone number and add
them to the last 2 digits of your phone number.
Multiply by 365.
Write the number on a new sheet of paper.
Fold the first page in half.
Now fold the second page.
Place them side by side.
Now pick up the two sheets - sheet one in your left hand and
sheet two in your right hand.
Find a bin/drawer and place the sheets in it.
Now using both your hands...
Slap yourself around the head while repeating:
"I'm a stupid person who wastes too much time on junk like
this."
5 squared shortcut
Trick 1
Here is a really quick way to square any number with a 5 on the end
Lets take
5 squared shortcut
Trick 2
This works for any number ending in but when the numbers
get over 100 it tends to get a little trickier with the
multiplication.
Give it a try with another number.
Try , it isn't difficult.
Split the numbers apart:
8 and
Again, forget about the
Add 1 to 8
8+1=9
Multiply 9 by the first number, which was 8
9 X 8 =72
Now, put all the numbers together, 72 and
= 25
The 11 Rule
You likely all know the 10 rule (to multiply by 10, just add a 0
behind the number) but do you know the 11 rule? It is as easy!
You should be able to do this one in you head for any two digit
number. Practice it on paper first! To multiply any two digit
number by 11:
For this example we will use 54.
Separate the two digits in you mind (5__4).
Notice the hole between them!
Add the 5 and the 4 together (5+4=9)
Put the resulting 9 in the hole 594. That's it! 11 x 54=594
The only thing tricky to remember is that if the result of the
addition is greater than 9, you only put the "ones" digit in the
hole and carry the "tens" digit from the addition. For example
11 x 57 ... 5__7 ... 5+7=12 ... put the 2 in the hole and add the
1 from the 12 to the 5 in to get 6 for a result of 627 ... 11 x 57
= 627
Practice it on paper first!
Multiplication Tricks
Multiply by 11
The eleven times table has always been very easy to learn up to 9 x
11.
Here's a simple way of multiplying large numbers by 11 too. Let's try.
Write down the first digit.
Add the first and second digits. Write it.
Add the second and third digits. Write it.
Again and again do this.
Write down the last digit.
Example 1 - 425 x 11
First number = 4
4 + 2 = 6. 2 + 5 = 7
Last number = 5
The answer is 4675.
Example 2 - 5890 x 11
First number = 5.
5 + 8 = 13. Now we can't write 13. So, add 1 into 5. Then write down
3.
8 + 9 = 17. Again add 1 into 3. Now it is 4. After that write down 7.
9 + 0 = 9. Then write down last digit. It is 0.
Answer : 64790