CALCULATOR MAGIC

calculator trick too. Carefully follow the directions, and your telephone number will
magically appear in your calculator's display!

What You Need

A calculator

What To Do
1. Enter into your calculator the first 3 digits of your phone number (not area code).
2. Multiply by 80 (Always push = after you +, -, x or ÷)
3. Add 1
4. Multiply the result by 250
5. Add the last four digits of your number to the result
6. Add the last four digits again
7. Subtract 250
8. Divide by 2

CALCULATOR MAGIC Example

Jennifer's phone number is 836-7521.

1. Her phone number's first three digits are 836

2. 836 x 80 = 66,880
3. 66,880 + 1 = 66,881
4. 66,881 x 250 = 16,720,250
5. 16,720,250 + 7,521 = 16,727,771
6. 16,727,771 + 7,521 = 16,735,292
7. 16,735,292 - 250 = 16,735,042
8. 16,735,042 2 = 836-7521 -- Jennifer's phone number!

CHOCOLATE MATH
This is a delicious mathemagical calculator trick. Carefully follow the directions, and you'll
be amazed by what appears in your calculator's display!

What You Need

A calculator

What To Do
1. Enter into your calculator the number of times you eat chocolate in one week.
2. Multiply that number by 2 (Always push = after you +, -, x or ÷)
3. Add 5 to that result
4. Multiply that answer by 50
5. If you ALREADY HAVE HAD your birthday this year, add 1,763
If you HAVE NOT HAD your birthday yet this year, add 1,762
6. Subtract the year you were born from that total

Look at your answer. The last 2 digits is your age, and the digits before your age
is the number of times you eat chocolate in one week!
 CHOCOLATE MATH Example

Michael likes to eat chocolate 18 times in one week!

He is 16 years old and has already had his birthday this year.
He was born in 1997.

1. Michael eats chocolate 18 times in one week.

2. 18 x 2 = 36
3. 36 + 5 = 41
4. 41 x 50 = 2050
5. 2050 + 1,763 = 3,813
6. 3,813 - 1997 = 1, 8 1 6

The last 2 digits (16) is Michael's age. The digits before his age (18) is the number
of times he eats chocolate in one week!