Button Math: Playful Problems with +1000, –500, and More!

Class 7 Maths

1. The game of Thoughtful Thousands has a +1000 button. How many times it should be pressed to show 70,000.
2. If the +1000 button is pressed 35 times, what number will appear on the screen?
3. How many times do you press the +1000 button to reach 1 lakh ?
4. If the game has a +10,000 button, how many times must it be pressed to reach 1 crore?
5. The screen shows 85,000. How many more times do you need to press the +1000 button to reach 1 lakh?
6. You press the +1000 button 15 times, then the –1000 button 5 times. What number shows on the screen?
7. The game has both +1000 and –1000 buttons. If the screen shows 0 and you press +1000 25 times and –1000 10 times, what will the screen show?
8. If you want to reach 5 lakh, how many times should you press the +1000 button?
9. If a friend presses the +1000 button 5 times a minute, how many minutes will it take them to reach 1 lakh?
10. How many times should the +500 button be pressed to reach 10,000?
11. To reach 5,000, how many times do you press the +100 button?
12. How many times should you press the +10 button to reach 1,000?
13. The screen shows 90,000. How many times must you press the –1000 button to bring it down to 60,000?
14. You press the –1000 button 20 times from a starting value of 100,000. What number will be displayed?
15. The screen shows 10,000. How many times must you press –500 to bring it down to 5,000?
16. Starting at 8,000, you press –500 ten times. What number is displayed?
17. The screen shows 90,000. How many times must you press –10,000 to bring it to 10,000?
18. Starting at 2,000, you press –10 sixty times. What number is displayed?
19. Starting at 4,500, you press –100 fifteen times. What number is shown?
20. The screen shows 5,000. How many times must –100 be pressed to bring it to 3,000?