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 16. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 2.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 6. I got 46. What was my number?
- 3.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 4.Think of 4. Multiply it by 3, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 5.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 2. I got 41. What was my number?
- 6.Think of 11. Multiply it by 2, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 7.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 46. What was my number?
- 8.Think of 13. Multiply it by 4, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 9.Magic trick! Think of 15. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 15. What number do you get?
- 10.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 2. I got 20. What was my number?
- 11.Think of 4. Multiply it by 4, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 12.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 1. I got 31. What was my number?
- 13.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 12. What was my number?
- 14.Think of 7. Multiply it by 5, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 15.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 4. I got 59. What was my number?
- 16.Think of 11. Multiply it by 5, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 17.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 5. I got 31. What was my number?
- 18.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 19.Think of 12. Multiply it by 4, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 20.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 8. I got 16. What was my number?
- 21.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 2. I got 35. What was my number?
- 22.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 18. What was my number?
- 23.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 5. I got 55. What was my number?
- 24.Think of 14. Multiply it by 3, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 25.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 36. What was my number?
- 26.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 27.Magic trick! Think of 20. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 20. What number do you get?
- 28.Magic trick! Think of 17. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 17. What number do you get?
- 29.Think of 15. Multiply it by 2, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 30.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 31.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 9. I got 37. What was my number?
- 32.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
- 33.Think of 10. Multiply it by 2, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 34.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 35.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 36.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
- 37.Think of 4. Multiply it by 4, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 38.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 3. I got 7. What was my number?
- 39.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 2. I got 6. What was my number?
- 40.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
Answer key
- 3
- 10
- 5
- 20
- 13
- 27
- 14
- 60
- 5
- 9
- 22
- 10
- 3
- 36
- 11
- 56
- 13
- 9
- 51
- 2
- 11
- 4
- 10
- 48
- 13
- 3
- 3
- 8
- 32
- 3
- 7
- 14
- 29
- 4
- 4
- 17
- 17
- 2
- 2
- 3
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