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 3. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 2.Magic trick! Think of 15. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 15. What number do you get?
- 3.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 5. I got 35. What was my number?
- 4.Think of 6. Multiply it by 2, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 5.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 6.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 5. I got 80. What was my number?
- 7.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 3. I got 39. What was my number?
- 8.Think of 14. Multiply it by 4, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 9.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 12. What was my number?
- 10.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 11.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
- 12.Think of 5. Multiply it by 3, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 13.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 14.Think of 6. Multiply it by 2, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 15.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 42. What was my number?
- 16.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 17.Think of 3. Multiply it by 3, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 18.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 2. I got 50. What was my number?
- 19.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 1. I got 11. What was my number?
- 20.Think of 9. Multiply it by 3, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 21.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 4. I got 22. What was my number?
- 22.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 23.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 2. I got 26. What was my number?
- 24.Think of 7. Multiply it by 2, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 25.Think of 15. Multiply it by 3, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 26.Think of 14. Multiply it by 4, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 27.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 32. What was my number?
- 28.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 4. I got 18. What was my number?
- 29.Think of 2. Multiply it by 2, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 30.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 5. I got 20. What was my number?
- 31.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 24. What was my number?
- 32.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 33.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 1. I got 45. What was my number?
- 34.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 35.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 36.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 8. I got 14. What was my number?
- 37.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 54. What was my number?
- 38.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 1. I got 21. What was my number?
- 39.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 3. I got 48. What was my number?
- 40.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 32. What was my number?
Answer key
- 5
- 7
- 10
- 19
- 7
- 15
- 12
- 65
- 4
- 6
- 11
- 18
- 4
- 14
- 19
- 8
- 10
- 12
- 5
- 35
- 6
- 9
- 8
- 18
- 48
- 64
- 11
- 7
- 12
- 3
- 3
- 9
- 11
- 9
- 4
- 2
- 19
- 5
- 9
- 12
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