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 3 and added 9. I got 42. What was my number?
- 2.Think of 13. Multiply it by 4, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 3.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 4. I got 28. What was my number?
- 4.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 5.Think of 11. Multiply it by 2, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 6.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 1. I got 49. What was my number?
- 7.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 22. What was my number?
- 8.Magic trick! Think of 8. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 8. What number do you get?
- 9.Think of 3. Multiply it by 2, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 10.Magic trick! Think of 9. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 9. 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.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 6. I got 36. What was my number?
- 13.Think of 8. Multiply it by 4, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 14.Think of 11. Multiply it by 4, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 15.Think of 8. Multiply it by 3, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 16.Think of 2. Multiply it by 5, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 17.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
- 18.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 6. I got 14. What was my number?
- 19.Think of 3. Multiply it by 2, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 20.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 1. I got 21. What was my number?
- 21.Think of 3. Multiply it by 4, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 22.Magic trick! Think of 9. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 9. What number do you get?
- 23.Think of 10. Multiply it by 5, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 24.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 46. What was my number?
- 25.Think of 12. Multiply it by 3, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 26.Think of 7. Multiply it by 2, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 27.Think of 4. Multiply it by 2, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 28.Think of 4. Multiply it by 2, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 29.Think of 7. Multiply it by 5, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 30.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 32. What was my number?
- 31.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 9. I got 48. What was my number?
- 32.Magic trick! Think of 8. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 8. What number do you get?
- 33.Think of 10. Multiply it by 5, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 34.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 28. What was my number?
- 35.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 36.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 37.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 2. I got 38. What was my number?
- 38.Think of 6. Multiply it by 5, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 39.Think of 3. Multiply it by 4, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 40.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
Answer key
- 11
- 60
- 12
- 3
- 24
- 12
- 3
- 5
- 9
- 2
- 8
- 10
- 38
- 48
- 26
- 15
- 15
- 2
- 11
- 5
- 21
- 3
- 59
- 20
- 41
- 19
- 11
- 17
- 41
- 7
- 13
- 6
- 52
- 10
- 9
- 5
- 12
- 39
- 13
- 16
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