Their #2 is now actually #3 because you have that one card behind them. You then slide the cards back down with the one lowered card still behind them. Let us suppose they choose the middle one which is, in your head, card #2. Ask a volunteer to choose one of the three cards that you have pulled up.They are really not the last three cards, because you still have that one that has been lowered back there. You pull up the last three cards of the deck and fan them out.The last card facing you and away from your audience has been lowered just a bit. You hold a deck of cards in your hand upright, as shown in the picture above.This explanation is a bit complicated and detailed, so once you have read through this please watch the video as well. This one is a bit complicated to explain, but you can manage it!В For this trick, you need a regular deck of cards and aВ volunteer.

Then quite casually, say, вЂњI donвЂ™t think Denmark has elephants, except in zoos.вЂќ

Pause and appear to be giving this some thought.

Now, tell them to take the second letter of that countryвЂ™s name and think of an animal that begins with that letter, but keep it secret as well.

99.9% of the time they will choose Denmark (whoвЂ™s heard of Djibouti?)

Tell them to think of a country that begins with that letter, but not to say it out loud.

Ask them to assign an alphabet letter to the number based upon A=1 B=2 C=3 and so forth (They will get D).

Ask them to subtract 5 from that number (It will always be 4).

Ask them to add the two digits of the answer.

Ask them to then multiply that number by 9.

Ask a single person to select a number between 2 and 9.

That is the basis for this trick, and here are the easy steps: When 9 is multiplied by any number between 2 and 9, the digits of the answer will always add up to 9. HereвЂ™s a trick built upon a little quirk of math that not too many people know about.

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