Half of 8 is…3?
Half of 8 is 3, you claim. And you can prove it! Do you know how?
Draw an “8”. Draw a vertical line dividing the 8 in half. The right half of a figure 8 is a “3”!
Half of 8 is 3, you claim. And you can prove it! Do you know how?
Draw an “8”. Draw a vertical line dividing the 8 in half. The right half of a figure 8 is a “3”!
Amoebas are small organisms that reproduce rapidly. They double every minute. In 1 hour they filled half a bottle. How long will it take to fill the whole bottle?
You can combine the 9’s however you wish, and use whatever arithmetic symbols you’d like–+, -, x, /. Any ideas?
March is National Nutrition Month. So it only seems appropriate to do a nutrition puzzler. Which is correct: “Yoke is white” or “Yoke are white”?
A mystifying trick with a great story! Want to learn to do this one? If you enjoy story magic, check out our summer camps St. Louis! Particularly our magic mystery camp–a combination of magic and theater, where campers write and put on their own magical mystery show.
This one is a favorite of mine. Two spectators each hold out any number of fingers on one of their hands. (E.g. one might put out 3 fingers and the other, 2.) A third spectator tells the magician, who is looking the other way, the total (in this example, 5). The magician immediately announces that…
6 toothpicks form this equilateral triangle. Can you add 3 more to make 5 equilateral triangles?
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