Easy Math Card Tricks – Learn the Absolute Best Ones
Here you will learn 3 easy math card tricks that are amazing. They are all extremely strong and will blow your audience’s minds. Here is my criteria for the best math card tricks:
- Minimal setup
- Easy to follow
- Short
- Minimal counting, dealing, & math
- Fools everyone
- Is a cool trick
Math Card Tricks
Most math card tricks are boring and/or weak. Not the ones here. The tricks I have included are all amazing, easy to do, and worth performing. The last trick taught below can be done over the phone and requires no cards .
I am right handed. If you are a lefty switch hands.
Any Card at Any Number Math Card Trick
Deck is split into 2 packets. A pile of cards is lifted off and placed aside. A card is selected and the cards are shuffled. Your spectator counts down the number of cards in their pile to find their card.
There are a ton of versions of Any Card At Any Number. This version is an excellent one and will fool you. It is definitely one of the strongest self working math card tricks
How to Do It
It is important you have a full deck of 52 cards. Split the deck into 2 packets of 26 cards. I recommend you do this before the trick starts, nobody likes watching you count cards. If you have to, just make sure you deal quickly.
Have your spectator shuffle both packets, one a time.
Have your spectator lift off a group of cards from one of the packets and place it off to the side. It is best for them to lift off less than half so there are less cards to count.
Pick up the other packet of 26 cards and spread them for a selection. Have your spectator touch a card.
Break the spread so the card they touch is at the face of the top half. Raise your hand and show the card. Bring your hand down and place the pile in your right hand underneath the cards in your left hand.
Drop all the cards onto the packet on the table.
Lobster Claw Shuffle
Explain that in order to randomize the order of the cards you have come up with a new kind of shuffle. Pick up the deck with your right hand from above, thumb at the inner edge, 2nd and 3rd fingers at the outer edge, 1st finger curled on top.
With your left thumb above, left 1st and 2nd fingers below, peel off the top and bottom cards together and drop them on the table. Do this with the whole deck until you have no more cards.
Have your spectator count the number of cards in the pile they cut. It is ok if everyone sees. Count down to that number in the deck, dealing cards one at a time, and stop on their number. Slowly turn over the card for the reveal.
Pro Tips
To be honest I don’t know exactly how this trick works. It uses a very clever mathematical principal which is super cool. I guarantee when you try this you will fool yourself.
It becomes difficult to peel off the top and bottom cards when you get down to the last few. Their card is already set so you can just drop the last of the cards on top.
Keep it moving when peeling cards, nobody likes watching counting or dealing.
If you know how to Faro shuffle, instead of doing the shuffle above, you can perform a perfect “out faro” which keeps the bottom card the same.
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Face Up/ Face Down Math Card Trick
Your spectator shuffles a packet of face up and face down cards. You tell them exactly how many cards are face up and how many cards are face down without looking at or touching their cards.
This is another amazing mathematical card trick that will baffle your spectators and will fool you when you try it.
How to Do It
Take 20 cards out of the deck. Put the rest of the deck aside. Turn 10 cards face up and shuffle face up cards into the face down cards. Do this whole process casually. Don’t mention any amount of cards, it doesn’t really matter.
“I am taking out a small group of cards.”
Spread the cards between your hands and push them together, casually showing your spectator what to do. Hand them the cards and have them shuffle. Have them count 10 cards onto your hand.
Count to yourself the number of face up cards that are in the pile of 10. This will be the number of face down cards they have. Since they have 10 cards you also know how many face up cards they have.
Let’s say they count the 10 cards onto your hand and 3 are face up. This means they are holding 3 face down cards and 7 face up cards.
After they deal the cards onto your hand tell them to cover their pile. I like to wave my hand over their cards as if I am getting a reading.
To make it a little more interesting I usually say that I am 100% sure and if I am wrong I will give them $100. This isn’t necessary yet makes it a little more fun. Have them count the face up and face down cards.
Pro Tips
Make sure they don’t turn any of the cards over, it will mess up the trick. This is why I shuffle the way I do. I mime the shuffling actions when I hand them the cards so they will shuffle the same way.
You can perform this trick as a prediction. Place your prediction on the table before you start:
“I will have the same number of face up cards as you have face down cards and I will have the same number of face down cards as you have face up cards.”
The great thing about this trick is that you can use any deck in any condition. Plus you never have to touch the cards. This is a totally different type of card trick than a pick-a-card trick, which makes this awesome.
You can definitely repeat this trick though I wouldn’t do it more than 2 times.
Think of a Card Math Card Trick
Your spectator thinks of any card. You have them do a few simple math calculations and tell you their final number. Immediately you tell them the card they thought of.
Performance Instructions
This trick requires no cards and can be done over the phone. So cool! Here are the instructions you give your spectator.
- Think of any card.
- Multiply the value of your card x 2.
- Multiply your new number x 5.
- Add the number of the suit to your new number- C=1, H=2, S=3, D=4.
- Add 10 to your new number.
- Say your number out loud.
The Secret
Subtract 10 from their number and this will tell you their card. The first number is the value, the second number is the suit.
Example
Let’s say they are thinking of the Three of Hearts (3H)
- 3 x 2 = 6
- 6 x 5 = 30
- 30 + 2 = 32
- 32 + 10 = 42
When they tell you their number is 42, subtract 10, so now you have 32. The first number, 3, tells you their card is a 3. The second number, 2, tells you their card is a heart.
I remember the suits by always thinking CHASED order. C, H, S, D. Clubs- 1, Hearts- 2, Spades- 3, and Diamonds- 4.
Pro Tips
Explain in the beginning that a jack has a value of 11, a queen has a value of 12, and a king has a value of 13. If they choose a higher value card, it could be tricky multiplying their number by 5.
You could mention before you start that they might need to use the calculator on their phone.
If you like these types of tricks check out The Spelling Card Trick. It is another incredible math card trick that is easy to do and very strong and will fool you when you try it.
Conclusion
The simple math card tricks taught here are amazing and will fool your spectators big time. The 3 tricks are all different types. One is a card location, one is a red/black divination, and the last math card trick involves a thought of card.
Give these cool math card tricks a try and see what you think. They are guaranteed to amaze.
