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 15. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 15. What number do you get?
- 2.Think of 14. Multiply it by 4, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 3.Think of 9. Multiply it by 4, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 4.Think of 5. Multiply it by 5, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 5.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 6.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 3. I got 21. What was my number?
- 7.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 8.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 9.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 5. I got 15. What was my number?
- 10.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 8. I got 48. What was my number?
- 11.Magic trick! Think of 11. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 12.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 13.Magic trick! Think of 15. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 15. What number do you get?
- 14.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 1. I got 21. What was my number?
- 15.Think of 11. Multiply it by 5, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 16.Think of 7. Multiply it by 2, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 17.Think of 8. Multiply it by 4, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 18.Think of 15. Multiply it by 4, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 19.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 7. I got 19. What was my number?
- 20.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 18. What was my number?
- 21.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 1. I got 49. What was my number?
- 22.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 4. I got 26. What was my number?
- 23.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 5. I got 17. What was my number?
- 24.Magic trick! Think of 10. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 10. What number do you get?
- 25.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 26.Think of 15. Multiply it by 3, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 27.Magic trick! Think of 15. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 15. What number do you get?
- 28.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 48. What was my number?
- 29.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 9. I got 49. What was my number?
- 30.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 46. What was my number?
- 31.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 32. What was my number?
- 32.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
- 33.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 34.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 3. I got 25. What was my number?
- 35.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 7. I got 11. What was my number?
- 36.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 3. I got 9. What was my number?
- 37.Magic trick! Think of 11. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 38.Think of 4. Multiply it by 3, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 39.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 6. I got 71. What was my number?
- 40.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
Answer key
- 8
- 63
- 40
- 26
- 2
- 6
- 4
- 7
- 5
- 10
- 2
- 9
- 5
- 5
- 59
- 15
- 34
- 64
- 3
- 5
- 12
- 11
- 4
- 8
- 7
- 53
- 2
- 16
- 8
- 15
- 8
- 19
- 4
- 11
- 2
- 3
- 8
- 16
- 13
- 6
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