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
- 1.297 + 792 =
- 2.Half of 52 =
- 3.67?0 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 4.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 5.858? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 6.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 5 years?
- 7.9 × 1 =
- 8.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 13 =
- 9.5 × 9 =
- 10.924 × 10 =
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 32 11 26 | 17 23 29 | 20 35 ?. What is the missing number?
- 12.A girl is 7 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 2 years?
- 13.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 14.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 15.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 16. What was my number?
- 16.37 × 18 =
- 17.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 18.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 90 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Friday (c) Sunday (d) Saturday
- 19.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 24 21 | 30 18 6 | ? 12 27. What is the missing number?
- 20.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 23 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Saturday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 21.If today is Monday, what day was it 25 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 22.10 × ? = 1000
- 23.9 × 9 =
- 24.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 20 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) 36
- 25.12 × 4 =
- 26.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 14 =
- 27.314 × 10 =
- 28.57 × 4 =
- 29.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
- 30.198 + 891 =
- 31.Take 410. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 3. I got 15. What was my number?
- 33.4 × 9 =
- 34.Double 35 =
- 35.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 36.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 98 =
- 37.Think of 4. Multiply it by 2, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 38.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 39.39 × ? = 39000
- 40.3?71 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
Answer key
- 1089
- 26
- 5
- 5
- 6
- 16
- 9
- 49
- 45
- 9240
- 14
- 11
- 9
- 2
- 5
- 666
- 9
- Saturday
- 15
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- 100
- 81
- 20
- 48
- 105
- 3140
- 228
- 17
- 1089
- 396
- 6
- 36
- 70
- 7
- 4851
- 15
- 2
- 1000
- 7
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