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 5 and added 5. I got 45. What was my number?
- 2.Think of 9. Multiply it by 2, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 3.Think of 15. Multiply it by 4, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 4.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 8. What was my number?
- 5.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 4. I got 18. What was my number?
- 6.Think of 5. Multiply it by 2, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 7.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 4. I got 20. What was my number?
- 8.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 9.Magic trick! Think of 11. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 10.Think of 3. Multiply it by 5, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 11.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 6. I got 12. What was my number?
- 12.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 10. What was my number?
- 13.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
- 14.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 15.Think of 4. Multiply it by 5, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 16.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 2. I got 23. What was my number?
- 17.Think of 12. Multiply it by 5, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 18.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 9. I got 18. What was my number?
- 19.Think of 12. Multiply it by 3, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 20.Magic trick! Think of 10. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 10. What number do you get?
- 21.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 22.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
- 23.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 24.Think of 4. Multiply it by 2, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 25.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 46. What was my number?
- 26.Think of 14. Multiply it by 4, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 27.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 3. I got 21. What was my number?
- 28.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
- 29.Magic trick! Think of 8. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 8. What number do you get?
- 30.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
- 31.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 32.Think of 3. Multiply it by 4, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 33.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 9. I got 44. What was my number?
- 34.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 35.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 30. What was my number?
- 36.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 8. I got 16. What was my number?
- 37.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 48. What was my number?
- 38.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 28. What was my number?
- 39.Think of 11. Multiply it by 2, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 40.Think of 3. Multiply it by 2, then add 1. What number do you end with?
Answer key
- 8
- 24
- 65
- 3
- 7
- 16
- 8
- 3
- 7
- 18
- 2
- 3
- 15
- 2
- 29
- 7
- 69
- 3
- 41
- 2
- 7
- 14
- 5
- 13
- 18
- 58
- 9
- 3
- 5
- 19
- 9
- 20
- 7
- 8
- 11
- 4
- 15
- 12
- 26
- 7
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