Think of a Number Puzzles Worksheet
The trick (Undo the steps): Going forwards: do the steps in order. Going backwards: start from the result and undo each step, last one first. Undo + with −, × with ÷, and doubling with halving.
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- 1.Think of 15. Multiply it by 2, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 2.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 9. I got 19. What was my number?
- 3.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 4.Think of 12. Multiply it by 2, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 5.Think of 2. Multiply it by 5, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 6.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 5. I got 23. What was my number?
- 7.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 18. What was my number?
- 8.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 7. I got 22. What was my number?
- 9.Think of 8. Multiply it by 3, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 10.Think of 2. Multiply it by 3, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 11.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 12.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 1. I got 16. What was my number?
- 13.Think of 10. Multiply it by 3, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 14.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 15.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 28. What was my number?
- 16.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 17.Think of 13. Multiply it by 2, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 18.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 19.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 20.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
- 21.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 8. I got 16. What was my number?
- 22.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 34. What was my number?
- 23.Think of 2. Multiply it by 4, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 24.Think of 13. Multiply it by 3, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 25.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 2. I got 14. What was my number?
- 26.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 6. I got 16. What was my number?
- 27.Think of 2. Multiply it by 5, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 28.Think of 10. Multiply it by 4, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 29.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 16. What was my number?
- 30.Think of 12. Multiply it by 3, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 31.Think of 4. Multiply it by 2, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 32.Think of 4. Multiply it by 5, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 33.Think of 5. Multiply it by 2, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 34.Magic trick! Think of 11. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 35.Think of 3. Multiply it by 4, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 36.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 42. What was my number?
- 37.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 38.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 1. I got 61. What was my number?
- 39.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 1. I got 7. What was my number?
- 40.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 2. I got 18. What was my number?
Answer key
- 32
- 5
- 3
- 28
- 15
- 9
- 4
- 5
- 32
- 12
- 5
- 5
- 35
- 9
- 8
- 5
- 29
- 3
- 8
- 5
- 4
- 16
- 14
- 46
- 6
- 2
- 14
- 47
- 3
- 37
- 17
- 23
- 13
- 6
- 19
- 18
- 4
- 12
- 2
- 8
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