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
- 1.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 9 =
- 2.A girl is 9 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 7 years?
- 3.In 2 years a boy will be 10 years old. How old was he 2 years ago?
- 4.Double 23 =
- 5.Double 37 =
- 6.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 4 times table? (a) 12 (b) 23 (c) 28 (d) 20
- 7.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 93 =
- 8.Take 14 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 9.711 × ? = 7110
- 10.96 × 10 =
- 11.13 × 4 =
- 12.37 × 3 =
- 13.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 4 9 2 | 3 5 ? | 8 1 6. What is the missing number?
- 15.7 × 9 =
- 16.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 4 times table? (a) 20 (b) 13 (c) 8 (d) 28
- 17.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 83 (b) 79 (c) 81 (d) 82
- 18.Double 91 =
- 19.Take 44 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 20.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 15 (b) 31 (c) 25 (d) 10
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 921: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 23.198 + 891 =
- 24.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Think of 6. Multiply it by 5, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 27.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
- 28.22 × 4 =
- 29.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 30.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 18 16 | 22 14 6 | 12 10 20. What is the missing number?
- 31.34 × 4 =
- 32.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 35 =
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 34.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 ? 5 | 4 8 12 | 11 6 7. What is the missing number?
- 35.15 × 4 =
- 36.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 37.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 91 =
- 38.6?04 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 39.Take 23 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 40.12345679 × 9 =
Answer key
- 25
- 21
- 6
- 46
- 74
- 23
- 4371
- 9
- 10
- 960
- 52
- 111
- 19
- 7
- 63
- 13
- 81
- 182
- 36
- 31
- 1089
- 3
- 1089
- 6
- 1089
- 37
- 17
- 88
- 5
- 8
- 136
- 630
- 891
- 10
- 60
- 4
- 4186
- 8
- 18
- 111111111
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