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 2 and added 1. I got 5. What was my number?
- 2.Think of 13. Multiply it by 5, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 3.Magic trick! Think of 11. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 4.Think of 11. Multiply it by 4, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 5.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
- 6.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 7. I got 72. What was my number?
- 7.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 2. I got 16. What was my number?
- 8.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 30. What was my number?
- 9.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 10.Think of 5. Multiply it by 2, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 11.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 12.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 13.Think of 5. Multiply it by 3, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 14.Think of 10. Multiply it by 5, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 15.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 16.Think of 15. Multiply it by 4, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 17.Magic trick! Think of 10. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 10. What number do you get?
- 18.Magic trick! Think of 17. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 17. What number do you get?
- 19.Think of 12. Multiply it by 4, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 20.Think of 10. Multiply it by 4, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 21.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 6. I got 66. What was my number?
- 22.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 23.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 48. What was my number?
- 24.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 25.Think of 8. Multiply it by 2, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 26.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 7. I got 57. What was my number?
- 27.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 28.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 9. I got 37. What was my number?
- 29.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 3. I got 18. What was my number?
- 30.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 24. What was my number?
- 31.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 32.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
- 33.Think of 10. Multiply it by 4, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 34.Think of 5. Multiply it by 2, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 35.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 3. I got 23. What was my number?
- 36.Think of 8. Multiply it by 5, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 37.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 38.Think of 3. Multiply it by 4, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 39.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 7. I got 15. What was my number?
- 40.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 7. I got 37. What was my number?
Answer key
- 2
- 68
- 5
- 49
- 3
- 13
- 7
- 14
- 4
- 18
- 2
- 8
- 22
- 54
- 2
- 61
- 9
- 8
- 51
- 47
- 15
- 8
- 20
- 6
- 23
- 10
- 5
- 14
- 3
- 4
- 8
- 11
- 41
- 14
- 10
- 41
- 8
- 21
- 4
- 15
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