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.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 2.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 7. I got 46. What was my number?
- 3.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 1. I got 25. What was my number?
- 4.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 5. I got 65. What was my number?
- 5.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 6.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 28. What was my number?
- 7.Think of 3. Multiply it by 4, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 8.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
- 9.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 10.Magic trick! Think of 11. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 11.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 6. I got 31. What was my number?
- 12.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 7. I got 55. What was my number?
- 13.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 8. I got 78. What was my number?
- 14.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 6. I got 26. What was my number?
- 15.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
- 16.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 5. I got 14. What was my number?
- 17.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 18.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 12. What was my number?
- 19.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 20.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 42. What was my number?
- 21.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 1. I got 11. What was my number?
- 22.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 1. I got 56. What was my number?
- 23.Think of 4. Multiply it by 4, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 24.Think of 5. Multiply it by 2, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 25.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 22. What was my number?
- 26.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 27.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 6. I got 10. What was my number?
- 28.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 29.Magic trick! Think of 11. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 30.Magic trick! Think of 10. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 10. What number do you get?
- 31.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 42. What was my number?
- 32.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 34. What was my number?
- 33.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 9. I got 42. What was my number?
- 34.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
- 35.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 4. I got 28. What was my number?
- 36.Magic trick! Think of 17. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 17. What number do you get?
- 37.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 38.Think of 5. Multiply it by 2, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 39.Think of 9. Multiply it by 3, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 40.Think of 13. Multiply it by 4, then add 8. What number do you end with?
Answer key
- 9
- 13
- 6
- 12
- 3
- 12
- 15
- 12
- 9
- 2
- 5
- 12
- 14
- 10
- 18
- 3
- 8
- 5
- 7
- 15
- 2
- 11
- 25
- 13
- 10
- 3
- 2
- 6
- 6
- 2
- 20
- 16
- 11
- 7
- 8
- 5
- 6
- 17
- 32
- 60
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