“Abracadabra, make two more pennies appear!” my daughter said as she shifted the paper plates to magically show three pennies total on the table. Money appearing from thin air is everyone’s dream, and ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- In one of the very first Hey Ray! segments, I showed you a magic trick with cards that was just math disguised as magic. I think it is time to bring back some math magic with what ...

Forget the traditional, cumbersome method and use this trick: to multiply a number by 5, divide by 2, and move the decimal point one decimal place to the right. SO, if, say, you had the number 8,600 ...

A classic riddle about a hotel bill uses misleading math to create a paradox. This type of intentional misdirection is a common technique used in magic tricks. Here’s a riddle my father told me when I ...