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.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 36 21 | ? 24 18 | 27 12 33. What is the missing number?
- 2.882 × 10 =
- 3.Half of 32 =
- 4.8 × 100 =
- 5.Double 15 =
- 6.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 70 =
- 7.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 24 (b) 33 (c) 32 (d) 28
- 8.Half of 38 =
- 9.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 9 (d) 7
- 10.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 35 =
- 11.7 × 9 =
- 12.7 × 1000 =
- 13.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 20. What was my number?
- 14.The 8th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 27th of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 15.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 16.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 17.502 × 10 =
- 18.Take 38 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 19.Take 25 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 20.The 6th of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 27th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Tuesday (c) Saturday (d) Wednesday
- 21.The 1st of a month is a Monday. What day is the 21st of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Saturday (c) Monday (d) Sunday
- 22.29 × 4 =
- 23.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 35 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Thursday (c) Saturday (d) Tuesday
- 24.12345 × 9 + 6 =
- 25.A girl is 6 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
- 26.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 27.Take 65 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 28.45 × 4 =
- 29.21 × 1000 =
- 30.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 31 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Tuesday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
- 31.What comes next? 13, 21, 29, 37, ? (a) 37 (b) 45 (c) 46 (d) 53
- 32.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 33.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 15 =
- 34.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 17 =
- 35.9 × 4 =
- 36.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 66 (b) 65 (c) 62 (d) 64
- 37.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 51 (b) 49 (c) 50 (d) 47
- 38.123456 × 9 + 7 =
- 39.A father is 31 years old and his son is 9. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 40.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 49 (b) 48 (c) 36 (d) 42
Answer key
- 30
- 8820
- 16
- 800
- 30
- 2485
- 32
- 19
- 7
- 630
- 63
- 7000
- 3
- Thursday
- 2
- 2
- 5020
- 27
- 18
- Wednesday
- Sunday
- 116
- Wednesday
- 111111
- 15
- 8
- 54
- 180
- 21000
- Saturday
- 45
- 8
- 64
- 81
- 36
- 64
- 49
- 1111111
- 22
- 48
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