Guess the Number - trick

[beany_123456]

Hi,

a long time ago, i used to know the 'guess the number' trick.. but i cant recall it..

Does anyone know the guess the number trick? it goes something like this, pick a number, double it etc etc sumat like that...

 

[nozzer]

There's so many possibilities !

The trick is to always elimate the number first thought of so whatever you end up with is at the control of your chosen algorithm.

Basic form is -

Think of a number
Subtract the number you first thought of
Answer is 0 !

You can make the actual algorithm as complex as you want but they all pretty much obey that form.

 

[Jooooles]

There's so many possibilities !

The trick is to always elimate the number first thought of so whatever you end up with is at the control of your chosen algorithm.

Basic form is -

Think of a number
Subtract the number you first thought of
Answer is 0 !

You can make the actual algorithm as complex as you want but they all pretty much obey that form.

I think he actually wanted the formula like double it times it half it etc i remember this from school although i have also forgot the structure

 

[earwig999]

Think of a number between 1 and 10

Double it

Add 10

Divide it by 2

Add 4

Take away your original number.

This the one??

1 = 9
2 = 9
3 = 9

and so on

 

[earwig999]

Or this one -

Think of a number between 10 and 20.

Add the two digits together. Example: 11 (1+1=2)

Subtract the new number from your original number.

Finally, subtract 5 from the remainder. Remember this number, forget the others. This is your number.

Imagine every letter of the alphabet has a number associated with it (A=1, B=2, etc.). Think of the LETTER associated with your number.

Think of a country that begins with that letter.

Now, move one letter down the alphabet and think of an animal that begins with that letter.

Now pick a colour

What did you choose?
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Most people will pick the same thing.

 

[beany_123456]

earwigg999,

You reminded me,

ok its quite similiar to your first trick:

1) think of a number 1-100
2) Double the number
3) Add 32 (a random i picked)
4) Half the number
and

5) Now minus the number you picked in step 1 with the number you have now...

Your answer should be: 16

 

[karym6]

earwigg999,

You reminded me,

ok its quite similiar to your first trick:

1) think of a number 1-100
2) Double the number
3) Add 32 (a random i picked)
4) Half the number
and

5) Now minus the number you picked in step 1 with the number you have now...

Your answer should be: 16

This one worked, but I ended up with -16?

 

[beany_123456]

At the start, did you pick a minus number? it must be between 1-100...

 

[berley]

There's so many possibilities !

The trick is to always elimate the number first thought of so whatever you end up with is at the control of your chosen algorithm.

Basic form is -

Think of a number
Subtract the number you first thought of
Answer is 0 !

You can make the actual algorithm as complex as you want but they all pretty much obey that form.

your a smart cookie

Think of a number between 1 and 10

Double it

Add 10

Divide it by 2

Add 4

Take away your original number.

This the one??

1 = 9
2 = 9
3 = 9

and so on

that worked

Or this one -

Think of a number between 10 and 20.

Add the two digits together. Example: 11 (1+1=2)

Subtract the new number from your original number.

Finally, subtract 5 from the remainder. Remember this number, forget the others. This is your number.

Imagine every letter of the alphabet has a number associated with it (A=1, B=2, etc.). Think of the LETTER associated with your number.

Think of a country that begins with that letter.

Now, move one letter down the alphabet and think of an animal that begins with that letter.

Now pick a colour

What did you choose?
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Most people will pick the same thing.

Think of a number between 10 and 20…………..16

Add the two digits together. Example: 11 (1+1=2)…………1+6 = 7

Subtract the new number from your original number 16 – 7 =………………..9

Finally, subtract 5 from the remainder. Remember this number, forget the others. This is your number 9-5=……………………..4

Imagine every letter of the alphabet has a number associated with it (A=1, B=2, etc.). Think of the LETTER associated with your number……………. 4 = D

Think of a country that begins with that letter………………..Denmark

Now, move one letter down the alphabet and think of an animal that begins with that letter…………………… crocodile

Now pick a colour………….pink

so does most people pick a pink crocodile from denmark :Biggrin2:

earwigg999,

You reminded me,

ok its quite similiar to your first trick:

1) think of a number 1-100
2) Double the number
3) Add 32 (a random i picked)
4) Half the number
and

5) Now minus the number you picked in step 1 with the number you have now...

Your answer should be: 16

yep got that one to work as well, just the pink crocodile from denmark one i dont understand :BLOBBY:

 

[karym6]

This one worked, but I ended up with -16?

lol, yeah I did - but I made a mistake with my maths!

Did it properly this time and ended up with 16

 

[earwig999]

your a smart cookie



that worked



Think of a number between 10 and 20…………..16

Add the two digits together. Example: 11 (1+1=2)…………1+6 = 7

Subtract the new number from your original number 16 – 7 =………………..9

Finally, subtract 5 from the remainder. Remember this number, forget the others. This is your number 9-5=……………………..4

Imagine every letter of the alphabet has a number associated with it (A=1, B=2, etc.). Think of the LETTER associated with your number……………. 4 = D

Think of a country that begins with that letter………………..Denmark

Now, move one letter down the alphabet and think of an animal that begins with that letter…………………… crocodile

Now pick a colour………….pink

so does most people pick a pink crocodile from denmark :Biggrin2:



yep got that one to work as well, just the pink crocodile from denmark one i dont understand :BLOBBY:

1 letter down from D = E, not up to C. Try Grey Elephant and Denmark.

 

[berley]

1 letter down from D = E, not up to C. Try Grey Elephant and Denmark.

thats where ive gone wrong then, so for my brain to understand it, it should have said one letter after D and not one letter down from D as i automatically went back the way - jeeez i shouldn't look at these things

 

[derek12345]

berley wot was u thinking
A,B,E,D,C,F etc , everyone knows the alphabet

 

[berley]

i still reckon one letter down from D is C but i best not argue cos i've already posted about my O'Level results in a thread that femalelizzard done :roflmao:

but if i had read the post correctly it said one letter down the alphabet and that makes sense that its E lol

taxceeee lol

 

[Explosivo]

pick a number between 1 - 1000,000,000

add 3

take away the number you first thought of

you should be left with 3 :thumbsup:

 

[sneaker]

Or this one -

Think of a number between 10 and 20.

Add the two digits together. Example: 11 (1+1=2)

Subtract the new number from your original number.

Finally, subtract 5 from the remainder. Remember this number, forget the others. This is your number.

Imagine every letter of the alphabet has a number associated with it (A=1, B=2, etc.). Think of the LETTER associated with your number.

Think of a country that begins with that letter.

Now, move one letter down the alphabet and think of an animal that begins with that letter.

Now pick a colour

What did you choose?
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Most people will pick the same thing.

At the point where you have picked a country in the example above, You can then say think of the last letter in the country name, pick an animal biginning with that letter then pick a colour biginning with last letter of the animals name.

And usually you get.

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an orange kangaroo from denmark.

 

[J0HN0_61]

Or a Koala bear Back to the thread..Pick a number ... double it add ????? Halve it take away the first number you thought of and the answer is always half the number you first thought of.

 

[jaffa]

Think of an even number between 2-500

half it

add 120

double it

add 1000

divide by 10

add 1000

multiply by 4

half it

The answer is 72