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 13. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 2.Think of 12. Multiply it by 2, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 3.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 5. I got 17. What was my number?
- 4.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 2. I got 8. What was my number?
- 5.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 22. What was my number?
- 6.Think of 9. Multiply it by 4, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 7.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 8.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 9. I got 33. What was my number?
- 9.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 7. I got 22. What was my number?
- 10.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 11.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 7. I got 13. What was my number?
- 12.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
- 13.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 1. I got 9. What was my number?
- 14.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 56. What was my number?
- 15.Magic trick! Think of 10. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 10. What number do you get?
- 16.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 17.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 1. I got 28. What was my number?
- 18.Think of 13. Multiply it by 2, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 19.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 20.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 1. I got 26. What was my number?
- 21.Think of 3. Multiply it by 2, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 22.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 1. I got 17. What was my number?
- 23.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 14. What was my number?
- 24.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 7. I got 37. What was my number?
- 25.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 18. What was my number?
- 26.Think of 3. Multiply it by 3, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 27.Think of 3. Multiply it by 5, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 28.Think of 3. Multiply it by 4, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 29.Think of 15. Multiply it by 4, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 30.Think of 5. Multiply it by 3, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 31.Think of 6. Multiply it by 4, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 32.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 33.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 34.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 6. I got 36. What was my number?
- 35.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 5. I got 35. What was my number?
- 36.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 37.Think of 7. Multiply it by 4, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 38.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
- 39.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 48. What was my number?
- 40.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 36. What was my number?
Answer key
- 2
- 29
- 6
- 3
- 9
- 45
- 2
- 12
- 5
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 2
- 20
- 2
- 4
- 9
- 29
- 8
- 5
- 14
- 4
- 5
- 15
- 3
- 11
- 20
- 19
- 66
- 16
- 25
- 3
- 6
- 15
- 6
- 2
- 30
- 6
- 16
- 14
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