Maths Tricks Practice Worksheet
The trick (Choose a trick): × 9 → finger trick; × 4 → double double; × 10, 100, 1000 → slide and add zeros. 37, 12345679 or 111… → magic patterns; reverse and subtract → 1089. Puzzles: find the rule, the total or the leftover days, then check your answer.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.693 + 396 =
- 2.9 × 6 =
- 3.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 4.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 5.Take 78 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 6.A piggy bank has 8 coins of ₹5 and 14 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 7.337? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 8.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 9.?823 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 10.Think of 2. Multiply it by 3, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 11.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 22 =
- 12.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 14 7 | 8 10 12 | ? 6 11. What is the missing number?
- 13.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 12 27 | ? 18 6 | 9 24 21. What is the missing number?
- 14.12345679 × 81 =
- 15.12345 × 8 + 5 =
- 16.9 × 1 =
- 17.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 48 =
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 15 8 | ? 11 13 | 14 7 12. What is the missing number?
- 19.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 21 =
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 941: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.10 × 9 =
- 22.9 × 8 =
- 23.1234 × 8 + 4 =
- 24.Half of 174 =
- 25.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 63 (b) 32 (c) 48 (d) 40
- 26.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 17 27 13 | 15 19 ? | 25 11 21. What is the missing number?
- 27.5?8 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 28.Take 486. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 56 (b) 55 (c) 28 (d) 49
- 30.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 3 10 | 9 ? 5 | 4 11 6. What is the missing number?
- 31.13?0 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 32.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 64 days? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Monday (d) Friday
- 33.45 × 100 =
- 34.46 × 4 =
- 35.11111 × 11111 =
- 36.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 37.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 10 =
- 38.Take 65 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 620: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 57 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 54
- 3
- 4
- 63
- 68
- 5
- 7
- 5
- 8
- 253
- 13
- 30
- 999999999
- 98765
- 9
- 1176
- 9
- 121
- 1089
- 90
- 72
- 9876
- 87
- 63
- 23
- 5
- 198
- 55
- 7
- 5
- Friday
- 4500
- 184
- 123454321
- 1
- 55
- 54
- 1089
- 45
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