Magic!

johnnyrotten

I know theres a logical explaination but how is THIS done?

onechewy

johnnyrotten wrote: »

I know theres a logical explaination but how is THIS done?

:eek: I did it 3 times and each time it was right! Very clever whatever the trick is..

bronte

This is gonna bug me now! grr!

Mr. Incognito

When you add the digits and take it from your original number the sum of the resultants will always be nine. The symbol for 9 changes nothing else.

It's very basic math.

beans

It doesn't matter which numbers you choose.

The symbol that the guy throws at you is always one of (finite list of) possible answers.

edit - or else that small pixelated mammal can actually read the essence of your soul

Xavi6

The little boll*x keeps gettin it spot on. That's quality.

The Don

Is it cheating to use a number from 1 - 9 with a 0 in front, eg '01' for the 2 numbers?

r3nu4l

It's a maths trick

Choose any double-digit number and remember the result after doing the calculations. It's important that you remember the NUMBER you get when doing the trick again.

Example, take the number 10 - (1+0) = 9: You'll get some random symbol and be amazed

Now take another number 43 - (4+3) = 36: Now on the symbol map take note of your symbol but BEFORE clicking onwards, have a look at the symbol beside the number 9, I bet it's the same as taht beside number 36

Try the same for the number 81 - (8+1) = 72...I bet the symbols are the same.

Am I psychic? No! It's the beauty of Mathematics

Clue: Have you noticed that in all the examples I cite, the result is a multiple of 9? That's what SetantaL meant to say

chopperbyrne

It's always a multiple of nine.

Surely you've seen this trick before?

Stercus Accidit

Your answer is all ways a multiple of 9.

Do it again, see your answer, now see if the exact same symbol is beside, 9 18 27 etc.

Its a cheat, many numbers have the same symbol beside them, the non multiples of 9 are just distractions.

Stercus Accidit

Whoah alot of people answered at the same time.

David Michael

All answer = a multipliction of 9
9
19
27
36
45
54

etc up to 81.

God Bless Excel

chopperbyrne

0 is also an answer.

You can use 01, 02, 03 etc, etc.

prendy

i thought it was a good trick until people had to ruin it!:mad:

johnnyrotten

prendy wrote: »

i thought it was a good trick until people had to ruin it!:mad:

YEAH!:mad:

Aard

Good trick? Ruin? I'm surprised that 'oh it are a multiple of 9 lol' didn't enter everybody's head the second they saw 'pick a two-digit number'.


Also, johnnyrotten, how can you agree with prendy's 'ruin[ing]' when you aksed how the trick was done in the OP? I know there's a logical explanation.

johnnyrotten

Aard wrote: »

Also, johnnyrotten, how can you agree with prendy's 'ruin[ing]' when you aksed how the trick was done in the OP? I know there's a logical explanation.

Its a bit of craic.
This is the After Hours Forum after all;)

nanook

all numbers may be multiple of nine but it is still could be a random variant of 9, so there will be nine variants.

How the hell does it continue to get it right.

r3nu4l

nanook wrote: »

all numbers may be multiple of nine but it is still could be a random variant of 9, so there will be nine variants.

How the hell does it continue to get it right.

Take all the variants of the multiple of 9, write them down, now do the test again and look at the symbol beside each of those variants on the symbol map when it appears.

See post number 8

hoolio

nanook wrote:

How the hell does it continue to get it right.

I knew the maths trick before, but this gave me pause for a second, until i just noted down the symbols and tried again.

As has been said, every time the symbol for 9, 18, 27 36, etc all the way to 81 is the same. every time. However for each new round the symbols rotate, so all teh multiple of nine are assigned a new symbol.

First time they might all be an eye, second time they will all be a fish, say.

r3nu4l

hoolio wrote: »

I knew the maths trick before, but this gave me pause for a second, until i just noted down the symbols and tried again.

As has been said, every time the symbol for 9, 18, 27 36, etc all the way to 81 is the same. every time. However for each new round the symbols rotate, so all teh multiple of nine are assigned a new symbol.

First time they might all be an eye, second time they will all be a fish, say.

Exactly

nanook

hoolio wrote: »

I knew the maths trick before, but this gave me pause for a second, until i just noted down the symbols and tried again.

As has been said, every time the symbol for 9, 18, 27 36, etc all the way to 81 is the same. every time. However for each new round the symbols rotate, so all teh multiple of nine are assigned a new symbol.

First time they might all be an eye, second time they will all be a fish, say.

ahhhhhhhhhhhh, thanks for that