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Thursday, June 4, 2020

6-4-2020 Learn a Card Trick

Anyone for a card trick?

 

This is a game where you tell a friend you will be able to determine the exact card they select from a deck of cards.

Each card has a number value.* 

 

Suppose your friend selects a 4 of Hearts!

Ask your friend to:

 

  1. Double the card number         4 x 2 = 8

  2. Add 3                                           8 + 3 = 11

  3. Multiply by 5                              11 x 5 = 55

  4. Add 1 if the card is a Club

Add 2 if the card is a Heart      55 + 2 = 57

Add 3 if the card is a Spade

Add 4 if the card is a Diamond

  1. Ask your friend for the number

 

Then you take the number and secretly subtract 15 from the total they give you.  57-15 = 42

Now you tell your friend that you know exactly what card they are holding.  

 

The first digit is a 4 so the number on their card is a 4.  Use the key above to see if the second digit tells whether the card is a Club, Heart, Spade or Diamond.  Since it is a 2, the card is a heart.  Your friend has the 4 of Hearts.

*Aces are 1, Jacks are 11, Queens are 12 and Kings are 13


Mary Ellen Huggins: Mount Vernon Schools Teaching and Learning
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