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.
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- 1.37 × 21 =
- 2.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 6. I got 22. What was my number?
- 3.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 7 years?
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 5.495 + 594 =
- 6.9 × ? = 9000
- 7.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 4. I got 16. What was my number?
- 8.A piggy bank has 7 coins of ₹5 and 4 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 9.The 9th of a month is a Monday. What day is the 24th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Tuesday
- 10.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 12.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 21 =
- 13.551 × ? = 5510
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 5 ? | 17 13 9 | 7 21 11. What is the missing number?
- 15.12345 × 8 + 5 =
- 16.57 × 4 =
- 17.50 × 1000 =
- 18.211 × ? = 2110
- 19.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 8 ? | 20 12 4 | 6 16 14. What is the missing number?
- 20.A girl is 7 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
- 21.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 846: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 13 28 | 31 19 7 | 10 25 22. What is the missing number?
- 24.The ages of two twins add up to 24. How old is each twin?
- 25.Think of 7. Multiply it by 3, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 26.330 × 10 =
- 27.198 + 891 =
- 28.9 × 5 =
- 29.The 5th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 18th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Monday
- 30.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 20. What was my number?
- 31.4 × 9 =
- 32.Take 87 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 33.Double 41 =
- 34.50 × ? = 5000
- 35.37 × 15 =
- 36.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 40 =
- 37.297 + 792 =
- 38.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 39.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 75 =
- 40.5 × 9 =
Answer key
- 777
- 4
- 17
- 891
- 1089
- 1000
- 6
- 43
- Tuesday
- 8
- 198
- 121
- 10
- 19
- 98765
- 228
- 50000
- 10
- 18
- 15
- 4
- 1089
- 16
- 12
- 27
- 3300
- 1089
- 45
- Friday
- 8
- 36
- 72
- 82
- 100
- 555
- 820
- 1089
- 5
- 2850
- 45
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