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.Think of 4. Multiply it by 4, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 2.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 3.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 3. I got 11. What was my number?
- 4.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 5.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 6. I got 15. What was my number?
- 6.Think of 15. Multiply it by 4, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 7.Magic trick! Think of 9. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 9. What number do you get?
- 8.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 44. What was my number?
- 9.Think of 10. Multiply it by 2, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 10.Think of 3. Multiply it by 3, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 11.Think of 3. Multiply it by 5, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 12.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 13.Think of 2. Multiply it by 5, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 14.Think of 15. Multiply it by 4, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 15.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
- 16.Magic trick! Think of 9. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 9. What number do you get?
- 17.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 18.Think of 6. Multiply it by 2, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 19.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 14. What was my number?
- 20.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 5. I got 33. What was my number?
- 21.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 22.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 23.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 24.Think of 4. Multiply it by 4, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 25.Think of 3. Multiply it by 4, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 26.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 27.Magic trick! Think of 15. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 15. What number do you get?
- 28.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
- 29.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 28. What was my number?
- 30.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 5. I got 25. What was my number?
- 31.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 18. What was my number?
- 32.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 33.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 34.Magic trick! Think of 10. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 10. What number do you get?
- 35.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 36.Think of 11. Multiply it by 3, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 37.Magic trick! Think of 17. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 17. What number do you get?
- 38.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 39.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 9. I got 53. What was my number?
- 40.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
Answer key
- 19
- 6
- 2
- 6
- 3
- 65
- 2
- 19
- 25
- 12
- 16
- 9
- 11
- 61
- 11
- 4
- 6
- 14
- 6
- 7
- 5
- 3
- 2
- 18
- 20
- 4
- 3
- 15
- 8
- 5
- 4
- 5
- 4
- 4
- 5
- 34
- 5
- 8
- 11
- 9
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