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 2 and added 6. I got 34. What was my number?
- 2.Think of 9. Multiply it by 5, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 3.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 13. 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.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 6.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 8. I got 53. What was my number?
- 7.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 8.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 5. I got 53. What was my number?
- 9.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 18. What was my number?
- 10.Think of 4. Multiply it by 4, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 11.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
- 12.Think of 2. Multiply it by 2, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 13.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 1. I got 56. What was my number?
- 14.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 1. I got 17. What was my number?
- 15.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
- 16.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 24. What was my number?
- 17.Think of 13. Multiply it by 2, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 18.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 24. What was my number?
- 19.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
- 20.Think of 5. Multiply it by 2, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 21.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 2. I got 38. What was my number?
- 22.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 23.Magic trick! Think of 15. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 15. What number do you get?
- 24.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 1. I got 16. What was my number?
- 25.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 8. I got 28. What was my number?
- 26.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 1. I got 15. What was my number?
- 27.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 28.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 29.Think of 7. Multiply it by 4, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 30.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 2. I got 14. What was my number?
- 31.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 42. What was my number?
- 32.Think of 5. Multiply it by 3, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 33.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 34.Think of 7. Multiply it by 5, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 35.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 44. What was my number?
- 36.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 37.Think of 7. Multiply it by 3, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 38.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 7. I got 33. What was my number?
- 39.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 9. I got 27. What was my number?
- 40.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 9. I got 84. What was my number?
Answer key
- 14
- 52
- 5
- 2
- 6
- 15
- 3
- 12
- 8
- 19
- 2
- 7
- 11
- 4
- 16
- 11
- 32
- 7
- 11
- 13
- 9
- 8
- 3
- 5
- 10
- 7
- 4
- 5
- 29
- 3
- 20
- 23
- 4
- 37
- 14
- 7
- 25
- 13
- 9
- 15
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