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 6. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 2.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 32. What was my number?
- 3.Think of 2. Multiply it by 4, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 4.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 5.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 7. I got 28. What was my number?
- 6.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 7.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 30. What was my number?
- 8.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 2. I got 22. What was my number?
- 9.Think of 8. Multiply it by 5, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 10.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 3. I got 28. What was my number?
- 11.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 12.Think of 9. Multiply it by 5, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 13.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 20. What was my number?
- 14.Think of 11. Multiply it by 2, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 15.Think of 13. Multiply it by 2, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 16.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 4. I got 44. What was my number?
- 17.Think of 8. Multiply it by 2, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 18.Magic trick! Think of 10. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 10. What number do you get?
- 19.Think of 2. Multiply it by 3, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 20.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 21.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 7. I got 72. What was my number?
- 22.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 1. I got 9. What was my number?
- 23.Think of 5. Multiply it by 5, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 24.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 25.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 24. What was my number?
- 26.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 5. I got 50. What was my number?
- 27.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 3. I got 63. What was my number?
- 28.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 1. I got 7. What was my number?
- 29.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 30.Think of 4. Multiply it by 2, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 31.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 24. What was my number?
- 32.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 2. I got 67. What was my number?
- 33.Think of 15. Multiply it by 5, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 34.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 35.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 28. What was my number?
- 36.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 10. What was my number?
- 37.Think of 13. Multiply it by 4, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 38.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 54. What was my number?
- 39.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 40.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
Answer key
- 4
- 11
- 17
- 5
- 7
- 8
- 12
- 10
- 45
- 5
- 2
- 50
- 5
- 26
- 29
- 8
- 18
- 6
- 12
- 8
- 13
- 2
- 34
- 6
- 7
- 15
- 15
- 3
- 3
- 15
- 4
- 13
- 78
- 3
- 7
- 4
- 60
- 20
- 6
- 9
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