Friday, March 16, 2007

Letter Counting Magic Trick

Here is a magic trick I can do through your computer. It is based on my well-known ability to count the number of letters in words.

1. Pick a number from 1 to 46.
2. Write out the number as a word, with no space or dashes.
3. Count how many letters there are in the written number.
4. Add that number to your number to make a new (higher) number.
5. Write down your new number.
6. Continue this process a few times.

Example: If your first number was 2, your new number would be 5, because "two" has 3 letters, and 2+3=5. The next number would be 9, and so on.

7. Keep going until you reach a number higher than 100.
8. Now close your eyes and think very hard about your current number (the one higher than 100).

When you are ready, click here to see my guess.

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