{"id":216955,"date":"2024-03-25T23:33:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T23:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/25\/try-these-mathematical-magic-tricks-that-are-guaranteed-to-work\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:19:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:19:56","slug":"try-these-mathematical-magic-tricks-that-are-guaranteed-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/25\/try-these-mathematical-magic-tricks-that-are-guaranteed-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Try these mathematical magic tricks that are guaranteed to work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article-image-inline ArticleImage\" data-method=\"replace-inline-image\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImage__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20122024\/SEI_195861900.jpg?width=1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20122024\/SEI_195861900.jpg?width=100 100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20122024\/SEI_195861900.jpg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20122024\/SEI_195861900.jpg?width=249 249w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20122024\/SEI_195861900.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20122024\/SEI_195861900.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20122024\/SEI_195861900.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20122024\/SEI_195861900.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20122024\/SEI_195861900.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20122024\/SEI_195861900.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20122024\/SEI_195861900.jpg?width=900 900w\" class=\"image alignnone size-full wp-image-2423278 ReplaceImageLazyload\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1130px) 900px, (min-width: 1025px) 900, (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 30px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" alt=\"New Scientist Default Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" data-credit=\"Katie Steckles\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>LOOK, I\u2019ve got nothing up my sleeves. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/video\/2227328-the-science-of-magic-why-our-minds-are-so-easily-deceived\/\">magic tricks<\/a> that work by sleight of hand, relying on the skill of the performer and a little psychology. Then there are so-called self-working magic tricks, which are guaranteed to work by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2418890-these-7-mathematical-facts-will-blow-your-mind\/\">mathematical<\/a> principles.<\/p>\n<p>For example, say I ask you to write down a four-digit number and show me. I will write a prediction but keep it secret. Write another four-digit number and show me, then I will write one and show you. Now, sum the three visible numbers and you may be surprised to find the answer matches the prediction\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg26134831-100-try-these-mathematical-magic-tricks-that-are-guaranteed-to-work\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] LOOK, I\u2019ve got nothing up my sleeves. There are magic tricks that work by sleight of hand, relying on the skill of the performer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216955"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334144,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216955\/revisions\/334144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}