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 11. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 2.Think of 11. Multiply it by 5, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 3.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 4.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 5.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 6.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 7.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
- 8.Magic trick! Think of 11. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 9.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 10.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
- 11.Think of 13. Multiply it by 2, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 12.Think of 9. Multiply it by 2, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 13.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 32. What was my number?
- 14.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 2. I got 14. What was my number?
- 15.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 14. What was my number?
- 16.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 50. What was my number?
- 17.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 8. I got 28. What was my number?
- 18.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 19.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 42. What was my number?
- 20.Magic trick! Think of 10. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 10. What number do you get?
- 21.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 9. I got 17. What was my number?
- 22.Think of 12. Multiply it by 4, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 23.Think of 2. Multiply it by 3, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 24.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 25.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 8. I got 14. What was my number?
- 26.Think of 3. Multiply it by 2, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 27.Think of 13. Multiply it by 2, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 28.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 9. I got 54. What was my number?
- 29.Think of 2. Multiply it by 2, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 30.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 31.Think of 13. Multiply it by 5, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 32.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 6. I got 20. What was my number?
- 33.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 34.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 35.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 10. What was my number?
- 36.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 5. I got 50. What was my number?
- 37.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 32. What was my number?
- 38.Magic trick! Think of 8. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 8. What number do you get?
- 39.Think of 10. Multiply it by 3, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 40.Think of 4. Multiply it by 4, then add 5. What number do you end with?
Answer key
- 3
- 63
- 3
- 7
- 3
- 3
- 15
- 7
- 4
- 16
- 33
- 21
- 15
- 4
- 6
- 17
- 10
- 4
- 14
- 5
- 2
- 55
- 7
- 5
- 2
- 9
- 35
- 9
- 6
- 6
- 70
- 7
- 3
- 5
- 3
- 9
- 9
- 8
- 32
- 21
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