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
- 1.37 × 27 =
- 2.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 15 =
- 3.The ages of two twins add up to 8. How old is each twin?
- 4.495 + 594 =
- 5.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 6.111111 × 111111 =
- 7.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 8.285 × ? = 2850
- 9.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 21 =
- 10.A piggy bank has 12 coins of ₹5 and 10 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 11.Take 17 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 12.6 × 9 =
- 13.53?0 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 14.3 × 9 =
- 15.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 65 (b) 62 (c) 66 (d) 64
- 16.12345679 × 81 =
- 17.Think of 7. Multiply it by 5, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 18.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 26 days? (a) Saturday (b) Monday (c) Wednesday (d) Sunday
- 19.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 60 (b) 80 (c) 81 (d) 70
- 20.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 940: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 42 =
- 23.Take 29 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 24.44 × 4 =
- 25.Think of 4. Multiply it by 5, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 26.37? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 27.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 14 days? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) Saturday (d) Thursday
- 28.12345679 × 45 =
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 30.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 31.A father is 34 years old and his son is 6. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 32.?112 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 33.Take 99 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 34.50 × 4 =
- 35.88 × 100 =
- 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 5 15 | 9 13 17 | 11 21 7. What is the missing number?
- 37.The 6th of a month is a Thursday. What day is the 15th of the same month? (a) Tuesday (b) Friday (c) Sunday (d) Saturday
- 38.36 × 4 =
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 2 7 | 4 6 8 | ? 10 3. What is the missing number?
- 40.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
Answer key
- 999
- 120
- 4
- 1089
- 3
- 12345654321
- 8
- 10
- 231
- 80
- 9
- 54
- 1
- 27
- 64
- 999999999
- 42
- Sunday
- 80
- 2
- 1089
- 903
- 18
- 176
- 26
- 8
- Friday
- 555555555
- 594
- 4
- 28
- 5
- 81
- 200
- 8800
- 19
- Saturday
- 144
- 5
- 5
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