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.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 37 (b) 34 (c) 38 (d) 36
- 2.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 23 days? (a) Sunday (b) Thursday (c) Monday (d) Tuesday
- 3.46 × 4 =
- 4.Half of 182 =
- 5.Magic trick! Think of 15. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 15. What number do you get?
- 6.Think of 13. Multiply it by 5, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 7.9 × 4 =
- 8.Double 38 =
- 9.Think of 15. Multiply it by 4, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 634: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Take 610. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.What comes next? 6, 13, 20, 27, ? (a) 35 (b) 27 (c) 34 (d) 41
- 13.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 49 =
- 14.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 74 =
- 15.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) 17 (d) 14
- 16.1234567 × 8 + 7 =
- 17.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 67 days? (a) Monday (b) Wednesday (c) Friday (d) Tuesday
- 18.62 × 100 =
- 19.In 5 years a boy will be 15 years old. How old was he 3 years ago?
- 20.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 14 (b) 42 (c) 28 (d) 23
- 21.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 19 5 | 7 11 15 | 17 3 13. What is the missing number?
- 22.44 × 1000 =
- 23.A father is 37 years old and his son is 11. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 24.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 4 times table? (a) 35 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 24
- 25.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 4 times table? (a) 15 (b) 36 (c) 16 (d) 24
- 26.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 27 =
- 27.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 9 16 | 15 13 11 | 10 17 ?. What is the missing number?
- 28.Think of 2. Multiply it by 2, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 29.If today is Monday, what day was it 14 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Sunday (c) Monday (d) Thursday
- 30.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 31.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
- 32.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 33.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 34.Magic trick! Think of 11. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 35.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 21 =
- 36.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 54 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Friday (c) Saturday (d) Monday
- 37.1234567 × 9 + 8 =
- 38.Take 24 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 39.12345 × 8 + 5 =
- 40.1 × 9 =
Answer key
- 36
- Monday
- 184
- 91
- 6
- 73
- 36
- 76
- 61
- 1089
- 594
- 34
- 625
- 2775
- 16
- 9876543
- Tuesday
- 6200
- 7
- 23
- 9
- 44000
- 26
- 35
- 15
- 196
- 12
- 10
- Monday
- 6
- 18
- 8
- 3
- 8
- 231
- Friday
- 11111111
- 18
- 98765
- 9
Free maths tricks lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/maths-tricks