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.If today is Sunday, what day was it 54 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Tuesday (c) Monday (d) Wednesday
- 2.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 2. I got 12. What was my number?
- 3.2 × 9 =
- 4.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 5.12345679 × 9 =
- 6.The 2nd of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 12th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Thursday
- 7.9 × 1 =
- 8.Double 66 =
- 9.123456 × 8 + 6 =
- 10.84 × 100 =
- 11.42 × ? = 42000
- 12.11 × 11 =
- 13.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) 17
- 14.10 × 9 =
- 15.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 16.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 15 =
- 17.41 × 1000 =
- 18.Half of 38 =
- 19.Take 58 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 20.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 21.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 10 5 | 4 8 12 | 11 6 7. What is the missing number?
- 22.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 37 =
- 23.24 × 4 =
- 24.48 × 1000 =
- 25.The 6th of a month is a Monday. What day is the 24th of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Monday (c) Friday (d) Thursday
- 26.875 × ? = 8750
- 27.What comes next? 12, 15, 18, 21, ? (a) 24 (b) 21 (c) 27 (d) 25
- 28.352 × 10 =
- 29.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 20 18 | 24 16 8 | ? 12 22. What is the missing number?
- 30.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 31.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 48. What was my number?
- 32.13 × 4 =
- 33.49 × ? = 49000
- 34.1234567 × 9 + 8 =
- 35.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 18 33 | 36 24 12 | ? 30 27. What is the missing number?
- 36.56?6 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 37.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 5 10 3 | ? 6 8 | 9 2 7. What is the missing number?
- 38.7 × 9 =
- 39.16 × 4 =
- 40.Magic trick! Think of 9. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 9. What number do you get?
Answer key
- Tuesday
- 5
- 18
- 4
- 111111111
- Friday
- 9
- 132
- 987654
- 8400
- 1000
- 121
- 16
- 90
- 5
- 120
- 41000
- 19
- 45
- 3
- 9
- 703
- 96
- 48000
- Friday
- 10
- 24
- 3520
- 14
- 6
- 17
- 52
- 1000
- 11111111
- 15
- 1
- 4
- 63
- 64
- 4
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