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 7. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 2.Think of 11. Multiply it by 4, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 3.Magic trick! Think of 9. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 9. What number do you get?
- 4.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 9. I got 36. What was my number?
- 5.Think of 9. Multiply it by 5, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 6.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 7.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 42. What was my number?
- 8.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 36. What was my number?
- 9.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 5. I got 17. What was my number?
- 10.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 32. What was my number?
- 11.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 12.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 2. I got 24. What was my number?
- 13.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
- 14.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 28. What was my number?
- 15.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 6. I got 22. What was my number?
- 16.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 44. What was my number?
- 17.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 5. I got 41. What was my number?
- 18.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 19.Think of 13. Multiply it by 4, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 20.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 5. I got 14. What was my number?
- 21.Magic trick! Think of 15. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 15. What number do you get?
- 22.Think of 15. Multiply it by 2, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 23.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 44. What was my number?
- 24.Magic trick! Think of 17. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 17. What number do you get?
- 25.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 8. I got 33. What was my number?
- 26.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 58. What was my number?
- 27.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 3. I got 9. What was my number?
- 28.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 29.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 7. I got 33. What was my number?
- 30.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 31.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 32.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 33.Magic trick! Think of 11. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 34.Magic trick! Think of 20. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 20. What number do you get?
- 35.Think of 9. Multiply it by 2, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 36.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 37.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 7. I got 28. What was my number?
- 38.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
- 39.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 40.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 1. I got 31. What was my number?
Answer key
- 4
- 48
- 2
- 9
- 48
- 8
- 18
- 15
- 3
- 15
- 4
- 11
- 17
- 10
- 4
- 18
- 9
- 9
- 53
- 3
- 3
- 39
- 17
- 4
- 5
- 20
- 3
- 8
- 13
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 5
- 22
- 6
- 7
- 16
- 4
- 15
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