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 10. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 10. 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.Think of 3. Multiply it by 5, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 4.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 22. What was my number?
- 5.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
- 6.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 9. I got 61. What was my number?
- 7.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 8.Think of 2. Multiply it by 4, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 9.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 10.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 2. I got 47. What was my number?
- 11.Think of 12. Multiply it by 3, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 12.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 3. I got 18. What was my number?
- 13.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 7. I got 39. What was my number?
- 14.Magic trick! Think of 11. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 15.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 3. I got 23. What was my number?
- 16.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 28. What was my number?
- 17.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 18.Magic trick! Think of 10. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 10. What number do you get?
- 19.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 20.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 1. I got 66. What was my number?
- 21.Magic trick! Think of 10. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 10. What number do you get?
- 22.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 23.Think of 8. Multiply it by 4, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 24.Magic trick! Think of 17. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 17. What number do you get?
- 25.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 26.Think of 13. Multiply it by 2, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 27.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 3. I got 17. What was my number?
- 28.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 28. What was my number?
- 29.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 32. What was my number?
- 30.Think of 3. Multiply it by 5, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 31.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 4. I got 56. What was my number?
- 32.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 4. I got 24. What was my number?
- 33.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 7. I got 13. What was my number?
- 34.Think of 2. Multiply it by 4, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 35.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 8. I got 32. What was my number?
- 36.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 8. I got 40. What was my number?
- 37.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 24. What was my number?
- 38.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 2. I got 34. What was my number?
- 39.Think of 13. Multiply it by 3, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 40.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 2. I got 6. What was my number?
Answer key
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- 16
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- 13
- 4
- 9
- 6
- 9
- 42
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- 8
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- 5
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- 3
- 4
- 2
- 13
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- 7
- 33
- 3
- 6
- 27
- 7
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- 9
- 23
- 13
- 10
- 2
- 13
- 8
- 8
- 3
- 8
- 42
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