Think of a Number Puzzles Worksheet

Maths tricks trick 6: Think of a number · Set 79 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Think of 9. Multiply it by 3, then add 8. What number do you end with?
2. 2.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 50. What was my number?
3. 3.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 34. What was my number?
4. 4.Think of 11. Multiply it by 5, then add 4. What number do you end with?
5. 5.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 32. What was my number?
6. 6.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 4. I got 28. What was my number?
7. 7.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 3. I got 21. What was my number?
8. 8.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 6. I got 21. What was my number?
9. 9.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
10. 10.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 14. What was my number?
11. 11.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
12. 12.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
13. 13.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 18. What was my number?
14. 14.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
15. 15.Think of 6. Multiply it by 5, then add 8. What number do you end with?
16. 16.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 7. I got 17. What was my number?
17. 17.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
18. 18.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
19. 19.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 28. What was my number?
20. 20.Think of 6. Multiply it by 4, then add 7. What number do you end with?
21. 21.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 2. I got 14. What was my number?
22. 22.Think of 4. Multiply it by 3, then add 9. What number do you end with?
23. 23.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 36. What was my number?
24. 24.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 6. I got 34. What was my number?
25. 25.Think of 6. Multiply it by 4, then add 3. What number do you end with?
26. 26.Magic trick! Think of 8. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 8. What number do you get?
27. 27.Magic trick! Think of 15. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 15. What number do you get?
28. 28.Think of 15. Multiply it by 5, then add 6. What number do you end with?
29. 29.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
30. 30.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 2. I got 22. What was my number?
31. 31.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 24. What was my number?
32. 32.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 2. I got 42. What was my number?
33. 33.Think of 3. Multiply it by 2, then add 4. What number do you end with?
34. 34.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 8. What was my number?
35. 35.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
36. 36.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 6. I got 33. What was my number?
37. 37.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 5. I got 13. What was my number?
38. 38.Magic trick! Think of 9. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 9. What number do you get?
39. 39.Think of 2. Multiply it by 4, then add 8. What number do you end with?
40. 40.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 8. I got 68. What was my number?

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