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 1. I got 53. What was my number?
- 2.Think of 2. Multiply it by 5, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 3.Think of 12. Multiply it by 3, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 4.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 5.Think of 14. Multiply it by 5, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 6.Think of 11. Multiply it by 4, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 7.Think of 8. Multiply it by 4, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 8.Think of 15. Multiply it by 3, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 9.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 10.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 58. What was my number?
- 11.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 5. I got 11. What was my number?
- 12.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 13.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 7. I got 15. What was my number?
- 14.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 15.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 24. What was my number?
- 16.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 17.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 18.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 19.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 20.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 8. I got 14. What was my number?
- 21.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 34. What was my number?
- 22.Magic trick! Think of 10. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 10. What number do you get?
- 23.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 8. I got 23. What was my number?
- 24.Think of 13. Multiply it by 3, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 25.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 46. What was my number?
- 26.Think of 9. Multiply it by 4, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 27.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 4. I got 69. What was my number?
- 28.Magic trick! Think of 9. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 9. What number do you get?
- 29.Think of 10. Multiply it by 5, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 30.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 31.Think of 7. Multiply it by 5, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 32.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 22. What was my number?
- 33.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 5. I got 19. What was my number?
- 34.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 3. I got 11. What was my number?
- 35.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 48. What was my number?
- 36.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 37.Think of 5. Multiply it by 3, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 38.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 4. I got 24. What was my number?
- 39.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 6. I got 42. What was my number?
- 40.Think of 4. Multiply it by 2, then add 6. What number do you end with?
Answer key
- 13
- 15
- 39
- 4
- 72
- 46
- 35
- 51
- 9
- 20
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 6
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 9
- 6
- 3
- 8
- 6
- 3
- 42
- 15
- 41
- 13
- 8
- 53
- 8
- 42
- 8
- 7
- 4
- 17
- 4
- 17
- 5
- 12
- 14
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