A Few Instructions
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Some tricks directed to the audience
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Most will involve one or more assistants
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A random method for selection
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Your applause will be my indicator
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Card trick vocabulary: to “square a deck”
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And please turn your cell/smartphones off
A few warm-ups to…
check if you are still
digesting your lunch
The audience
Octagon Magic: Spatial Sense
Some of you are still digesting…
We need another warm-up
The audience
This Time: Number Sense
1000
40
1000
30
1000
20
1000
10
…equals what?
Let’s look more closely…
1000
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1000
30
1000
20
1000
10
????
YES!!!
1000
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1000
30
1000
20
1000
10
4100
You’re still not ready for the show
But you’re still having fun, right?
One More Spatial Sense Warm-Up
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9 10
Bookworm Problem
A 10-volume encyclopedia sits on a shelf. Each
volume is 4 cm thick. Suppose a book-worm
starts at the front cover of Volume 1 and eats
his way in a straight, horizontal line to the
back cover of Volume 10.
How far does the book-worm travel?
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10
Que distancia viaja/recorre?
Last One: But you have to be quick!
One die – Two dice
One domino – Two dominoes
Very good !
Magic Domino Card
1 assistant
I will guess your number
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2
3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30
Pick a number, write it down, show it to the
audience, then place the board face down
Do you see the number here?
20 21 22 23
28 29 30
16 17 18 19
24 25 26 27
YES or NO?
What about here?
12 13 14 15
8 9 10 11
28 29 30
24 25 26 27
YES or NO?
And here?
12 13 14 15
4 5 6 7
28 29 30
20 21 22 23
YES or NO?
Here?
10 11 14 15
2 3 6 7
26 27 30
18 19 22 23
YES or NO?
And finally, here?
9 11 13 15
25 27 29
1 3 5 7
17 19 21 23
YES or NO?
Calendar Magic
1 assistant
1 assistant
The Flying Card
Ring Puzzles
The audience
1 assistant
I will halve what you have
3 assistants
I will guess your Numbers!
Pick a whole number between 100 and 300
 It can’t be 100 and it can’t be 300
2 assistants
Secret Move
13 identical objects
Magic Touch…
The Magic Rope
Thank you very much!
MonicaNeagoy@earthlink.net
An Encore?
12. Finale: Double Magic
The mathematician’s way
then…
The magician’s way
Spades
Hearts
Diamonds
Clubs
1 assistant
I will halve what you have
1 vrijwilliger
Magical Twins (Tweelingen)
I will predict your sum
Begin by
placing digits 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, and 9 in any
nine cells, in
any order Then
we will add
three more
digits
Ik dank u weer van harte
voor uw aandacht en deelname
MonicaNeagoy@earthlink.net
Quick test to check
if you are still awake…
1000
40
1000
30
1000
20
1000
10
equals?
Let’s look more closely…
1000
40
1000
30
1000
20
1000
10
????
1000
40
1000
30
1000
20
1000
10
4100!
MonicaNeagoy@earthlink.net
Bookworm Problem
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9 10
Bookworm Problem
A 10-volume encyclopedia sits on a shelf. Each
volume is 5 cm thick. Suppose a book-worm
starts at the front cover of volume 1 and eats
his way in a straight, horizontal line to the
back cover of volume 10.
Une encyclopédie à 10 volumes est sur une
étagère. Chaque volume a une épaisseur de
5 cm. On suppose qu’un petit ver commence à
la couverture du volume 1 et parcourt une
ligne droite et horizontale jusqu’au dos de la
couverture du volume 10.
Bookworm Problem
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2
3
4
5
6
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8
9 10
How far does the book-worm travel?
Quelle distance parcourt le petit ver?
Bilingual Card Trick
0ne
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Domino Magic
Qu’est-ce que c’est?
De 100 a 300
I will read your mind
The Magic Cut
I will predict your numbers
Une feuille de papier s’il vous plait
…et un moment de silence
1
6
11
16
21
2
7
12
17
22
3
8
13
18
23
4
9
14
19
24
5
10
15
20
25
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
Ik dank u van harte voor uw
aandacht en deelname
Un dernier tour?
Magic Square
A
B
C
D
C- D+ A- B+
D+ C+ B- AB
A-- D+ C
+
1 vrijwilliger
Do As I Do
4 vrijwilligers
5. Bewitched Addition
7
9
8
6
1
5
6
4
3
7
4
8
5
2
9
6
3840 different possible permutations
(10 x 8 x 6 x 4 x 2)
8
1
7
6
4 vrijwilligers
Bewitched Addition
7
9
8
6
1
5
6
4
3
7
4
8
5
2
9
6
8
1
7
6
Once final permutation is chosen, place number
strips close together to form four 5-digit numbers
4. Parallel
Thinking:
21st-century
telepathy
Stage
assistance to
escort
Lambrecht,
then me,
outside Atrium
Lambrecht + 4 vrijwilligers
1 vrijwilliger
7. 3-Object Divination
Blindfolding assistance please
5 vrijwilligers
9. Poker Magic