This is one of the easiest tricks, if you ever wanted to surprise your colleagues or friends with a mind reading number trick. Follow these steps which uses simple math to read their mind and you will be doing a number trick in no time. This mind reading number trick is what you figure out when someone thinks about something. Want to be a PRO, Why don’t you give a try?

How To Do the Mind Reading Number Trick?

• Step 1 : Ask your friend to think about a number. It can be any number but tell them to select a simple one because they have to do a simple addition or subtraction.
• Step 2 : Now ask him/her to multiply the number they picked by 2.
• Step 3 : You ask your friend to add 4 to their current total.
• Step 4 : Ask your friend to divide the current total by 2.
• Step 5 : Before the final step, ask your friend to subtract the original number they picked from their current total.
• Step 6 : Now it’s time! You proudly tell your friend that the number they have picked up in their mind is 2.

Confused ??
Ok. Here is a sample number calculation for you to understand this trick.
Say the first number is 5.
Double it, the result is 10, now add 4 and you get 14.
Divide by 2, equals 7;
Subtract the number you first thought of (5). The answer is 2.

How this Mind Reading Number Trick Works?

This trick is extremely simple and you have total control on the final output. The secret lies in the Step 3 where you ask your friend to add a number. You need to be very careful in selecting the number to add, it should be dividable by 2. The final answer will always be the number you asked them to add in the Step 3 divided by 2. In the above case I added 4 to the total, hence the final answer is 2.

Remember : The answer is always half of the number they add in the step 3.