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.Think of 5. Multiply it by 4, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 2.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
- 3.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 6. I got 54. What was my number?
- 4.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 18. What was my number?
- 5.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 6.Magic trick! Think of 11. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 7.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 42. What was my number?
- 8.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 5. I got 65. What was my number?
- 9.Think of 4. Multiply it by 3, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 10.Think of 13. Multiply it by 5, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 11.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 12.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 20. What was my number?
- 13.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 14.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 30. What was my number?
- 15.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 2. I got 72. What was my number?
- 16.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 17.Magic trick! Think of 15. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 15. What number do you get?
- 18.Think of 9. Multiply it by 2, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 19.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 20.Think of 11. Multiply it by 3, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 21.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 30. What was my number?
- 22.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 42. What was my number?
- 23.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 2. I got 30. What was my number?
- 24.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 36. What was my number?
- 25.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 3. I got 33. What was my number?
- 26.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 30. What was my number?
- 27.Magic trick! Think of 15. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 15. What number do you get?
- 28.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 22. What was my number?
- 29.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
- 30.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 7. I got 22. What was my number?
- 31.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 2. I got 26. What was my number?
- 32.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 7. I got 43. What was my number?
- 33.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 34.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 54. What was my number?
- 35.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 2. I got 11. What was my number?
- 36.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 3. I got 39. What was my number?
- 37.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 9. I got 24. What was my number?
- 38.Magic trick! Think of 17. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 17. What number do you get?
- 39.Think of 10. Multiply it by 5, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 40.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 8. I got 38. What was my number?
Answer key
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- 14
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- 8
- 9
- 6
- 14
- 12
- 21
- 67
- 6
- 6
- 9
- 14
- 14
- 8
- 2
- 23
- 8
- 38
- 12
- 17
- 7
- 17
- 6
- 6
- 5
- 7
- 4
- 3
- 12
- 9
- 8
- 19
- 3
- 12
- 5
- 6
- 55
- 15
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