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Math Magic Tricks

This document presents three "math magic tricks" where the reader thinks of a number and then performs a series of mathematical operations on it, arriving back at their original number. The first trick has the reader double the number, add 6, divide by 2, and subtract the original number, resulting in 3. The second repeats the process but subtracting 3 instead, returning to the original number. The third multiplies by 4, adds the number of wheels on a bike (2), halves the number, subtracts 1, divides by 2, again returning to the original number. Partners are instructed to write their own tricks and try them out on others.

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113 views

Math Magic Tricks

This document presents three "math magic tricks" where the reader thinks of a number and then performs a series of mathematical operations on it, arriving back at their original number. The first trick has the reader double the number, add 6, divide by 2, and subtract the original number, resulting in 3. The second repeats the process but subtracting 3 instead, returning to the original number. The third multiplies by 4, adds the number of wheels on a bike (2), halves the number, subtracts 1, divides by 2, again returning to the original number. Partners are instructed to write their own tricks and try them out on others.

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Gnans Mech
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Math Magic Tricks

SAY: ALGEBRA:

1. Think of a number between 1 and 20

2. Double it in your head

3. Add 6

4. Divide by 2

5. Subtract the original number from your new #

Pause ……….. The number is 3


(It will work with any number, we just picked
between 1 and 20 to keep the numbers low.)

SAY: ALGEBRA:

1. Think of a number between 1 and 20

2. Double it in your head

3. Add 6

4. Divide by 2

5. Subtract 3

Pause …….. The number is your original number.

SAY: (careful, this one is a bit trickier to write ☺ ) ALGEBRA:

6. Think of a number

7. Multiply it by 4

8. Add the number of wheels on a bicycle

9. Cut your number in half.

10. Subtract 1

11. Divide by 2.

Pause ……The number is your original number.

WITH A PARTNER, WRITE YOUR OWN ON THE BACK. Write out what you’d say and leave a blank
space for your partner to write out the algebraic steps after you switch papers. Now, go home and try it out.
HOMEWORK: Do your Math Magic on at least 1 person. Write about how it went. See if they can write
one. Did it work? Have them write about it also. Then have them sign it and bring it all back next week.

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