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 10. Multiply it by 4, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 2.Think of 9. Multiply it by 3, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 3.Magic trick! Think of 20. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 20. What number do you get?
- 4.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 5.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 44. What was my number?
- 6.Magic trick! Think of 11. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 7.Think of 9. Multiply it by 3, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 8.Think of 9. Multiply it by 4, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 9.Magic trick! Think of 9. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 9. What number do you get?
- 10.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 11.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 12.Magic trick! Think of 20. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 20. What number do you get?
- 13.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 4. I got 14. What was my number?
- 14.Think of 6. Multiply it by 2, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 15.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 7. I got 77. What was my number?
- 16.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 4. I got 69. What was my number?
- 17.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 18.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 19.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 9. I got 37. What was my number?
- 20.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 21.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 18. What was my number?
- 22.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 23.Think of 7. Multiply it by 5, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 24.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 8. I got 36. What was my number?
- 25.Think of 10. Multiply it by 3, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 26.Think of 15. Multiply it by 4, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 27.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 28.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 2. I got 58. What was my number?
- 29.Think of 12. Multiply it by 3, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 30.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 4. I got 26. What was my number?
- 31.Think of 10. Multiply it by 3, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 32.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 33.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 5. I got 15. What was my number?
- 34.Think of 13. Multiply it by 5, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 35.Magic trick! Think of 8. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 8. What number do you get?
- 36.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
- 37.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 28. What was my number?
- 38.Think of 9. Multiply it by 4, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 39.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 40.Think of 11. Multiply it by 4, then add 7. What number do you end with?
Answer key
- 46
- 29
- 2
- 2
- 14
- 7
- 33
- 38
- 3
- 4
- 8
- 9
- 2
- 16
- 14
- 13
- 7
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 6
- 2
- 39
- 14
- 34
- 65
- 4
- 14
- 40
- 11
- 37
- 9
- 5
- 71
- 5
- 4
- 11
- 44
- 2
- 51
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