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 19. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
- 2.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 9. I got 69. What was my number?
- 3.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 4.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 28. What was my number?
- 5.Think of 14. Multiply it by 4, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 6.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 12. What was my number?
- 7.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 8.Magic trick! Think of 10. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 10. What number do you get?
- 9.Think of 15. Multiply it by 5, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 10.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 11.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 12.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 13.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 34. What was my number?
- 14.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 15.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 16.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 17.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 18.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
- 19.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 3. I got 7. What was my number?
- 20.Think of 7. Multiply it by 3, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 21.Think of 13. Multiply it by 5, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 22.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 8. What was my number?
- 23.Think of 4. Multiply it by 3, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 24.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
- 25.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 34. What was my number?
- 26.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 1. I got 19. What was my number?
- 27.Think of 6. Multiply it by 4, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 28.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 4. I got 22. What was my number?
- 29.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 6. I got 18. What was my number?
- 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 5 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
- 32.Think of 4. Multiply it by 3, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 33.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 14. What was my number?
- 34.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 18. What was my number?
- 35.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 20. What was my number?
- 36.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 2. I got 26. What was my number?
- 37.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 22. What was my number?
- 38.Think of 13. Multiply it by 4, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 39.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 1. I got 22. What was my number?
- 40.Think of 13. Multiply it by 3, then add 6. What number do you end with?
Answer key
- 2
- 12
- 4
- 8
- 57
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 78
- 4
- 8
- 4
- 14
- 7
- 3
- 3
- 9
- 15
- 2
- 25
- 69
- 3
- 21
- 8
- 12
- 9
- 25
- 6
- 3
- 3
- 15
- 15
- 5
- 8
- 6
- 6
- 10
- 56
- 7
- 45
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