THE CALENDAR TRICK

                                                                                THE CALENDAR TRICK


   

This trick makes you look like you've got the most awesome mental power. All you need is a calendar which has the dates lined up under the days of the week, so the numbers are arranged something like this:

  .     .     1     2     3     4     5

 6     7    8     9   10   11   12

13   14  15  16  17   18   19

20   21  22  23  24   25   26

29  30  31

The "9 number" trick:

  • Now to draw a 3x3 box around ANY nine of the numbers on the calendar.
  • Almost immediately you can say what the nine numbers all add up to!
  • See how long it takes your friend to check the answer on a calculator. (Yawn...snore...zzzz...)

For instance, let's say the red numbers are chosen.

  .     .     1     2     3     4     5

 6     7    8     9   10   11   12

13   14  15  16  17   18   19

20   21  22  23  24   25   26

29  30  31

They add up to 144.


THE SECRET: All you do is look at the number in the middle and multiply it by 9.

In this case the middle number is 16 and  16 x 9 = 144.



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