8/5/2023 0 Comments The magic calculator![]() And start counting out loud, slowly, from 1 to 9…” When she gets to 7 (say), the magician calls out “ Stop! That was it, wasn’t it - you were thinking of a 7!” The spectator confirms that she was. You can recite the digits from left to right or right to left, as you wish, but when you get to your mentally chosen digit, just skip over it and continue reading with the next one.” After the spectator has called out all of the digits except for the mentally selected one, the magician looks at her and says, “ Concentrate on your mentally chosen number one more time. The magician continues, “ I’d like you to read aloud all of the digits in the random number you’re looking at except for the one you mentally circled - just skip that one. “ Good… that one doesn’t work very well because it has no value.” “ You’re not thinking of a zero, are you?”, the magician asks. The magician asks the spectator to mentally ‘circle’ one of the digits in her number and concentrate on that digit. She is now looking at a completely random number having around 8 digits. This is repeated around 10 times in all, at which point the spectator hits “equals”. Then the spectator is asked to hit “times” (multiplication key) and type in another random digit from 1 to 9. The magician doesn’t look while this is happening. She is asked to open up the calculator and type in a single digit from 1 to 9. The magician asks a spectator to take out her cell phone. I claim no originality here, but I don’t know to whom proper credit belongs (see below for my best attempt at crediting)- it’s an old trick with numerous variations. It’s an especially practical trick at the moment, because it also works perfectly over Zoom. And while it might not be the most spectacular effect that I know, it’s actually quite deceptive and can be done completely impromptu. ![]() But nowadays just about everyone has a calculator on hand at all times on their cell phone. It used to be a bit impractical, because it requires having a calculator on hand. The following is a demonstration that I’ve been doing for decades. By Matt Baker - Wednesday, December 9, 2020
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