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 + 3 + 5 + … + 13 =
- 2.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 32. What was my number?
- 3.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 4.34 × 4 =
- 5.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 8 13 | 10 12 14 | 11 16 9. What is the missing number?
- 6.Half of 62 =
- 7.Half of 194 =
- 8.A girl is 6 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 7 years?
- 9.A girl is 9 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 8 years?
- 10.26 × 4 =
- 11.29 × 4 =
- 12.5 × 9 =
- 13.If today is Monday, what day was it 26 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Thursday (c) Tuesday (d) Saturday
- 14.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
- 15.40 × ? = 40000
- 16.396 + 693 =
- 17.68?0 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 18.111111 × 111111 =
- 19.1?05 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 20.?370 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 21.A piggy bank has 9 coins of ₹5 and 5 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 22.42 × 1000 =
- 23.The 6th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 15th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Sunday (c) Friday (d) Thursday
- 24.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 25.A piggy bank has 2 coins of ₹5 and 8 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 26.15 × ? = 150
- 27.Double 76 =
- 28.1 × 9 =
- 29.114 × 10 =
- 30.Double 12 =
- 31.The 2nd of a month is a Friday. What day is the 26th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Thursday
- 32.123 × 9 + 4 =
- 33.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 40 (b) 25 (c) 10 (d) 28
- 34.14 × 4 =
- 35.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 22 7 28 | 25 19 13 | 10 31 ?. What is the missing number?
- 36.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 54 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Thursday (c) Wednesday (d) Friday
- 37.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 38.The 4th of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 12th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) Tuesday
- 39.14 × ? = 14000
- 40.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
Answer key
- 49
- 13
- 0
- 136
- 15
- 31
- 97
- 19
- 23
- 104
- 116
- 45
- Wednesday
- 6
- 1000
- 1089
- 4
- 12345654321
- 3
- 8
- 55
- 42000
- Thursday
- 4
- 26
- 10
- 152
- 9
- 1140
- 24
- Monday
- 1111
- 28
- 56
- 16
- Thursday
- 198
- Monday
- 1000
- 4
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