Amaze your family!

Tell your family you have an amazing memory. You have 22 cards that have eight digit numbers on them and you have memorized them all. Then play this little trick! This is really slick!

1. Take 22 index cards and number them from 1 to 22 in large numbers on the front.
   
   
2. Announce that you have memorized all the eight-digit numbers written on the backs of the cards.
   
   
3. Choose one card from the pack. Let's say you picked 14. Add nine to 14 and then reverse the numbers. (9 + 14 = 23 reversed this is 32). These are the first two numbers in your eight number set. (32, _ _ _, _ _ _)
   
   
4. Get the remaining six numbers by adding together the two numbers before the blank. (3+2= 5) (32, 5 _ _, _ _ _). The next number will be 7 or 2 + 5. (32, 57 _, _ _ _)
   
   
5. The next number will be 5 + 7 or 12. When adding results in a two-digit number, take only the number in the "ones" place. Your number now is 32,572, _ _ _.
   
   
6. Continue in this way. 7 + 2 = 9 so now you have 32,572,9 _ _. Next is 2 + 9 = 11 so your number is 32,572,91 _. And finally 9 + 1 = 10 so your total number is 32,572,910.

It really works!! People are amazed by how smart you are!

This idea is from the book Memory Power Plus! By Fred Chernow. Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1997 pp. 281-2

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