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
- 1.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 47 =
- 2.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 24 14 16 | 10 ? 26 | 20 22 12. What is the missing number?
- 3.20 × 4 =
- 4.The 5th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 27th of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Monday (d) Wednesday
- 5.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 ? 10 | 11 13 15 | 16 9 14. What is the missing number?
- 6.37 × ? = 370
- 7.The 6th of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 29th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Monday (c) Friday (d) Tuesday
- 8.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 8 =
- 9.Double 51 =
- 10.The 4th of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 24th of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Friday
- 11.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 12.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 9 ? | 5 13 21 | 15 17 7. What is the missing number?
- 13.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 27 30 ? | 12 24 36 | 33 18 21. What is the missing number?
- 15.A piggy bank has 5 coins of ₹5 and 3 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 16.3 × 9 =
- 17.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 42 (b) 14 (c) 21 (d) 23
- 18.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 19.Half of 84 =
- 20.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 24 10 20 | ? 18 22 | 16 26 12. What is the missing number?
- 21.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 99 =
- 23.14 × 4 =
- 24.9 × 8 =
- 25.61? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 26.A girl is 12 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 9 years?
- 27.9 × 7 =
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 9 19 | 21 13 ? | 7 17 15. What is the missing number?
- 29.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 49 (b) 36 (c) 48 (d) 42
- 30.25 × ? = 25000
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 10 17 | 16 14 12 | ? 18 13. What is the missing number?
- 32.198? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 33.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 17 27 13 | 15 ? 23 | 25 11 21. What is the missing number?
- 34.Take 279. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.46 × 4 =
- 36.A father is 41 years old and his son is 5. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 37.5?33 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 38.7 × 9 =
- 39.In 2 years a boy will be 14 years old. How old was he 2 years ago?
- 40.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 2 9 4 | 7 5 3 | 6 1 ?. What is the missing number?
Answer key
- 1128
- 18
- 80
- Sunday
- 17
- 10
- Tuesday
- 36
- 102
- Saturday
- 1
- 11
- 6
- 15
- 31
- 27
- 23
- 5
- 42
- 14
- 891
- 4950
- 56
- 72
- 2
- 24
- 63
- 5
- 48
- 1000
- 11
- 9
- 19
- 693
- 184
- 36
- 7
- 63
- 10
- 8
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