Give a friend a calculator and tell them to key in the number of the month in which they were born.
- Multiply by 4
- Add 13
- Multiply by 25
- Subtract 200
- Add the day of the month they were born
- Multiply by 2
- Subtract 40
- Multiply by 50
- Add the last two digits of the year they were born
- Subtract 10,500
Ask to look at the calculator and then tell them their full date of birth. The first one or two digits gives the month, the next two gives the day, the last two gives the year.
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