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
- 1.396 + 693 =
- 2.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 3.Think of 3. Multiply it by 4, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 4.577? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 5.A piggy bank has 7 coins of ₹5 and 4 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 6.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 7.What comes next? 17, 25, 33, 41, ? (a) 50 (b) 41 (c) 49 (d) 57
- 8.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 9 ? | 3 7 11 | 10 5 6. What is the missing number?
- 9.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 10.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 53 =
- 11.Take 35 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 12.Take 29 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 13.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 9. I got 84. What was my number?
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 36 15 | 18 24 ? | 33 12 27. What is the missing number?
- 15.24 × 4 =
- 16.If today is Thursday, what day was it 18 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Sunday (c) Wednesday (d) Monday
- 17.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 11 26 | 29 17 5 | ? 23 20. What is the missing number?
- 18.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 36 (b) 18 (c) 24 (d) 59
- 19.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 15 =
- 20.A girl is 11 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 5 years?
- 21.73?7 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 22.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 27 (b) 23 (c) 25 (d) 26
- 23.7 × 9 =
- 24.12 × 4 =
- 25.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 26.8 × 9 =
- 27.393 × 10 =
- 28.9 × 9 =
- 29.820 × 10 =
- 30.Double 89 =
- 31.Take 23 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 32.What comes next? 14, 18, 22, 26, ? (a) 34 (b) 30 (c) 26 (d) 31
- 33.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Double 99 =
- 35.In 4 years a boy will be 17 years old. How old was he 6 years ago?
- 36.782 × ? = 7820
- 37.Think of 5. Multiply it by 5, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 38.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 47 =
- 39.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 40.123456789 × 8 + 9 =
Answer key
- 1089
- 3
- 20
- 8
- 43
- 7
- 49
- 4
- 5
- 1431
- 27
- 18
- 15
- 30
- 96
- Sunday
- 8
- 59
- 120
- 21
- 1
- 25
- 63
- 48
- 9
- 72
- 3930
- 81
- 8200
- 178
- 18
- 30
- 891
- 198
- 7
- 10
- 27
- 576
- 2
- 987654321
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