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.?218 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 2.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 3.?013 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 4.626 × 10 =
- 5.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 28. What was my number?
- 6.The 5th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 20th of the same month? (a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday (c) Thursday (d) Saturday
- 7.What comes next? 4, 13, 22, 31, ? (a) 40 (b) 49 (c) 31 (d) 41
- 8.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 66 (b) 65 (c) 64 (d) 62
- 9.60?4 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 10.10 × 9 =
- 11.In 4 years a boy will be 16 years old. How old was he 7 years ago?
- 12.453 × ? = 4530
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 734: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.579? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 15.The 9th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 17th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Sunday (c) Wednesday (d) Saturday
- 16.12345 × 9 + 6 =
- 17.Half of 86 =
- 18.7 × 4 =
- 19.A piggy bank has 10 coins of ₹5 and 9 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 20.498 × 10 =
- 21.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 79 =
- 22.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 23.518 × 10 =
- 24.Think of 15. Multiply it by 4, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 25.9 × 10 =
- 26.Double 63 =
- 27.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 33 (b) 24 (c) 32 (d) 28
- 28.If today is Friday, what day was it 27 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Friday (c) Sunday (d) Saturday
- 29.Double 61 =
- 30.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 4 9 2 | 3 5 7 | 8 1 ?. What is the missing number?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 128: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.7 × 9 =
- 33.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 34.Half of 122 =
- 35.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 17 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) 12
- 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 17 10 | 11 13 15 | 16 9 14. What is the missing number?
- 37.4 × 9 =
- 38.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 39.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 1. I got 21. What was my number?
- 40.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 60 =
Answer key
- 7
- 3
- 5
- 6260
- 13
- Wednesday
- 40
- 64
- 8
- 90
- 5
- 10
- 1089
- 6
- Sunday
- 111111
- 43
- 28
- 68
- 4980
- 3160
- 2
- 5180
- 62
- 90
- 126
- 32
- Saturday
- 122
- 6
- 1089
- 63
- 6
- 61
- 16
- 12
- 36
- 7
- 4
- 1830
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