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
- 1.11 × 11 =
- 2.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 26 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Wednesday
- 3.25 × 4 =
- 4.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 23 ? | 27 19 11 | 17 15 25. What is the missing number?
- 5.You have 6 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹8. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 6.Magic trick! Think of 10. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 10. What number do you get?
- 7.What comes next? 16, 25, 34, 43, ? (a) 53 (b) 43 (c) 61 (d) 52
- 8.Think of 15. Multiply it by 2, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 10.20 × 4 =
- 11.38 × 4 =
- 12.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 4. I got 14. What was my number?
- 13.The 4th of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 25th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Sunday (c) Monday (d) Saturday
- 14.What comes next? 13, 15, 17, 19, ? (a) 22 (b) 23 (c) 19 (d) 21
- 15.9 × 9 =
- 16.Half of 112 =
- 17.54?5 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 18.9 × 5 =
- 19.8 × 9 =
- 20.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 21.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
- 22.What comes next? 6, 8, 10, 12, ? (a) 14 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 16
- 23.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 24.9 × 2 =
- 25.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 26.The ages of two twins add up to 24. How old is each twin?
- 27.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 64 =
- 28.Think of 8. Multiply it by 5, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 29.?674 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 30.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 31.20 × ? = 2000
- 32.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
- 33.440? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 34.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 35.2 × 9 =
- 36.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 61 =
- 37.6 × 9 =
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 29 8 23 | 14 20 26 | 17 32 ?. What is the missing number?
- 39.9 × 10 =
- 40.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
Answer key
- 121
- Thursday
- 100
- 21
- 2
- 3
- 52
- 38
- 495
- 80
- 152
- 5
- Sunday
- 21
- 81
- 56
- 4
- 45
- 72
- 5
- 18
- 14
- 4
- 18
- 4
- 12
- 2080
- 43
- 1
- 8
- 100
- 15
- 1
- 5
- 18
- 1891
- 54
- 11
- 90
- 297
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