A TRICK TO TRY.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 10, 12 January 1929, Page 15

A TRICK TO TRY.

Try 1 this little -'trick' on,a friend. Toll him. to throw* throe dies without letting ybu see them, or throw one dice thr<je times,"and;tha't;you will toll him what the throw' was—in other words, 'what wore the values of the uppermost' faces of thb'thieo^dieo. ■'After he has thrown tho dice prococd ;as follow:— •...'. . Toll him to think of th c • first .Ono,' Then toll him to multiply its value, by ,3..,, '.. .-.. rf ":■■■■:■'■■ ■■■■,■■' ' ■' Then 'ii'dttvO.r..:'""'' ;? ,'■.:!.' „ '/■■ .:.:-;. ' '' Then multiply by 5.' " Now add.tho value, of the second dice. ; Multiply'''the result by 10." ■Add the value of third (lice. Now ask-him for the grand total of : [his calculations:'"'Whatever number he tells, you .-.remember- it and mentally substracf 250 from, it.-, The result will be the'values of the dice in the order in which .he selected them. For ■ instance,Hfthe first- threw, a 2, then a 4,; then a 4, his total would be 484, and. taking away 250 loaves 243—2, 3, and: •4. -Try this'some time;-and-see hqw .nicely..it. works. . .