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
- 1.320 × ? = 3200
- 2.12345679 × 27 =
- 3.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 4.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 5.6 × 9 =
- 6.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 ? 21 | 30 18 6 | 15 12 27. What is the missing number?
- 7.945 × ? = 9450
- 8.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 42 days ago? (a) Monday (b) Tuesday (c) Wednesday (d) Friday
- 9.4 × 9 =
- 10.7 × 9 =
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 ? 12 | 15 13 11 | 14 9 16. What is the missing number?
- 12.Double 92 =
- 13.9 × 9 =
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 801: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.42 × 10 =
- 16.123 × 8 + 3 =
- 17.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 8 22 | 20 16 12 | 10 24 14. What is the missing number?
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 5 6 | 3 7 ? | 8 9 4. What is the missing number?
- 19.You have 10 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹17. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 20.1234 × 8 + 4 =
- 21.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 22.A girl is 12 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 5 years?
- 23.87?7 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 24.21 × 4 =
- 25.60?0 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 26.Take 36 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 27.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 23 (b) 25 (c) 26 (d) 27
- 28.Take 641. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.324 × 10 =
- 30.If today is Sunday, what day was it 8 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Tuesday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
- 31.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 36 (b) 34 (c) 37 (d) 38
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 866: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.In 3 years a boy will be 14 years old. How old was he 6 years ago?
- 34.55 × 4 =
- 35.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 36.792 + 297 =
- 37.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 7 8 | 5 9 13 | 10 ? 6. What is the missing number?
- 38.Double 49 =
- 39.You have 15 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹19. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 40.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 7. I got 11. What was my number?
Answer key
- 10
- 333333333
- 3
- 5
- 54
- 24
- 10
- Tuesday
- 36
- 63
- 17
- 184
- 81
- 1089
- 420
- 987
- 18
- 11
- 7
- 9876
- 4
- 22
- 5
- 84
- 3
- 27
- 25
- 495
- 3240
- Saturday
- 36
- 1089
- 5
- 220
- 7
- 1089
- 11
- 98
- 4
- 2
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