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
- 1.198 + 891 =
- 2.In 3 years a boy will be 12 years old. How old was he 3 years ago?
- 3.Double 81 =
- 4.28 × 100 =
- 5.10 × 9 =
- 6.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 33 days? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Saturday
- 7.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 8.74 × ? = 7400
- 9.59 × 4 =
- 10.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 62 (b) 66 (c) 64 (d) 65
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 12.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 81 (b) 79 (c) 83 (d) 82
- 13.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 37 =
- 14.75?7 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 15.1234 × 8 + 4 =
- 16.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 94 =
- 17.290? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 2 9 | 8 6 4 | 3 ? 5. What is the missing number?
- 19.7 × 9 =
- 20.40 × 4 =
- 21.312 × 10 =
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 377: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.12 × 8 + 2 =
- 24.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 9 4 | 3 7 11 | 10 ? 6. What is the missing number?
- 25.800? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 26.Double 39 =
- 27.Think of 7. Multiply it by 5, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 7 2 | 1 5 9 | 8 3 ?. What is the missing number?
- 29.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 30.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 31.81 × ? = 8100
- 32.Think of 15. Multiply it by 4, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 33.A father is 44 years old and his son is 9. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 34.89 × 100 =
- 35.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 36.The 2nd of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 13th of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) Wednesday
- 37.37 × 15 =
- 38.46 × 1000 =
- 39.Half of 52 =
- 40.In 3 years a boy will be 17 years old. How old was he 6 years ago?
Answer key
- 1089
- 6
- 162
- 2800
- 90
- Saturday
- 4
- 100
- 236
- 64
- 198
- 81
- 361
- 8
- 9876
- 4465
- 7
- 10
- 63
- 160
- 3120
- 1089
- 98
- 5
- 1
- 78
- 42
- 4
- 7
- 3
- 100
- 66
- 35
- 8900
- 8
- Sunday
- 555
- 46000
- 26
- 8
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