CLEVER TRICK.
(From Carl Sayegh.) To tell a nili)iber thought of. Ask a friend t(> think of a number and you will him what it is. Xow tell him (what it is) tp multiply the number by 3, add 2, multiply the new total by 3 and finally add the number first thought of, then give you the result. SECRET. When your friend gives you the final answer, simply cut off the last figure and you have the number he first thoufcbt of. E.g.: Say he thought oif 11. Multiply by 3 r 3?Jj add 2, 3>; multiply by 3 again, 105; a4d the number first thought of, Utt: cut pjj the last figure, which leaves 1 J.—(Copied.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 308, 28 December 1940, Page 2 (Supplement)
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