damn it looks as a great technique.
But would you actually use it as an opener

I'd say more as comfort building
edit: whoops never mind this comment i taught (wtf is this the past simple of to think :p, damn my English, srr mates:p) u wanted to use it as an opener. But it's just a routine :d
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Haha, it's real clever. Any number she picks turns into 4. Gotta try it out.
except if they pick 1..since 1*9 doesnt yield a result with 2 digits (hence you cannot add the first and second digits together). If you skip the step the trick still works...but i like to hang on technicalities when it comes to math.
Still an intresting routine, good touch of NLP in there.
It does work out to be 9. If she multiplies 1 and 9 her answer will be 09. When she has to add it, she will add 0 + 9. Thus giving her the answer of 9. Which will ultimately give her the answer of 4. So it does work out.
The nine times table is the only one that all add up to the same number. Also if you think about it, its the same thing backwards as forwards.
09, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81, 90. Its a mirror image. Haha sorry, I'm a math geek

lol you suddenly remind me of that math geek from that show "numbers" where they use math to solve cases with the FBI
