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.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 9. I got 69. What was my number?
- 2.Think of 9. Multiply it by 3, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 3.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 8. I got 47. What was my number?
- 4.Magic trick! Think of 8. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 8. What number do you get?
- 5.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 1. I got 19. What was my number?
- 6.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 7.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 8.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 9. I got 13. What was my number?
- 9.Magic trick! Think of 11. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 10.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 11.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 10. What was my number?
- 12.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 13.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 12. What was my number?
- 14.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 30. What was my number?
- 15.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 46. What was my number?
- 16.Think of 15. Multiply it by 2, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 17.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 18. What was my number?
- 18.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 50. What was my number?
- 19.Magic trick! Think of 8. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 8. What number do you get?
- 20.Think of 2. Multiply it by 2, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 21.Think of 13. Multiply it by 5, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 22.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 1. I got 16. What was my number?
- 23.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
- 24.Think of 9. Multiply it by 2, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 25.Think of 12. Multiply it by 4, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 26.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
- 27.Think of 6. Multiply it by 5, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 28.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 52. What was my number?
- 29.Think of 3. Multiply it by 3, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 30.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 1. I got 61. What was my number?
- 31.Think of 14. Multiply it by 4, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 32.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 14. What was my number?
- 33.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 28. What was my number?
- 34.Magic trick! Think of 15. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 15. What number do you get?
- 35.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 36.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 28. What was my number?
- 37.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 42. What was my number?
- 38.Think of 6. Multiply it by 2, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 39.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 22. What was my number?
- 40.Think of 9. Multiply it by 2, then add 8. What number do you end with?
Answer key
- 15
- 32
- 13
- 8
- 6
- 6
- 8
- 2
- 8
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 13
- 15
- 38
- 3
- 18
- 6
- 13
- 67
- 5
- 12
- 20
- 56
- 14
- 34
- 19
- 18
- 12
- 65
- 5
- 11
- 5
- 7
- 9
- 13
- 21
- 5
- 26
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