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
- 1.11111 × 11111 =
- 2.55 × 4 =
- 3.49 × 1000 =
- 4.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 54 (b) 88 (c) 27 (d) 18
- 5.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 35 =
- 6.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 5 19 9 | 15 11 ? | 13 3 17. What is the missing number?
- 7.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 40 =
- 8.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 9.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 31 10 | ? 19 25 | 28 7 22. What is the missing number?
- 10.123456 × 8 + 6 =
- 11.Double 63 =
- 12.Take 22 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 13.47 × 4 =
- 14.Double 37 =
- 15.37 × 9 =
- 16.Double 78 =
- 17.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 27 6 | 9 15 21 | 24 3 18. What is the missing number?
- 18.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 19.37 × 3 =
- 20.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 9. I got 17. What was my number?
- 21.17 × ? = 1700
- 22.8 × 9 =
- 23.The 8th of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 30th of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Wednesday (c) Sunday (d) Thursday
- 24.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 22 7 ? | 25 19 13 | 10 31 16. What is the missing number?
- 25.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 81 (b) 82 (c) 79 (d) 83
- 26.30 × 4 =
- 27.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 29.Double 26 =
- 30.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 53 =
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 47 days? (a) Monday (b) Thursday (c) Friday (d) Saturday
- 33.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 13 =
- 34.123 × 9 + 4 =
- 35.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 66 (b) 62 (c) 64 (d) 65
- 36.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 98 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Sunday (c) Friday (d) Saturday
- 37.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 27 =
- 38.12345679 × 45 =
- 39.2 × ? = 20
- 40.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
Answer key
- 123454321
- 220
- 49000
- 88
- 324
- 7
- 820
- 7
- 13
- 987654
- 126
- 18
- 188
- 74
- 333
- 156
- 12
- 7
- 111
- 2
- 100
- 72
- Thursday
- 28
- 81
- 120
- 5
- 594
- 52
- 1431
- 1089
- Friday
- 49
- 1111
- 64
- Saturday
- 196
- 555555555
- 10
- 5
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