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.Half of 132 =
- 2.9 × 4 =
- 3.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 4. I got 43. What was my number?
- 4.What comes next? 15, 22, 29, 36, ? (a) 50 (b) 36 (c) 44 (d) 43
- 5.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 9. I got 65. What was my number?
- 6.The 1st of a month is a Friday. What day is the 18th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) Tuesday
- 7.9 × 9 =
- 8.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 61 days? (a) Monday (b) Wednesday (c) Friday (d) Tuesday
- 9.37 × 6 =
- 10.8 × 9 =
- 11.A father is 34 years old and his son is 5. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 12.14 × 10 =
- 13.16 × 4 =
- 14.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 36 (b) 76 (c) 54 (d) 63
- 15.Take 31 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 16.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 17.A father is 32 years old and his son is 12. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 18.Take 73 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 19.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 18 11 | 12 ? 16 | 17 10 15. What is the missing number?
- 20.934 × ? = 9340
- 21.Half of 26 =
- 22.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 23.In 4 years a boy will be 12 years old. How old was he 4 years ago?
- 24.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 25.Take 931. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Half of 192 =
- 27.Half of 188 =
- 28.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 29.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 6 7 | 4 8 12 | 9 ? 5. What is the missing number?
- 30.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 27 (b) 18 (c) 36 (d) 20
- 31.The 6th of a month is a Friday. What day is the 27th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Friday (c) Saturday (d) Monday
- 32.9 × 2 =
- 33.22 × 4 =
- 34.15 × 4 =
- 35.37 × 27 =
- 36.Half of 32 =
- 37.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 4. I got 31. What was my number?
- 38.792 + 297 =
- 39.What comes next? 16, 19, 22, 25, ? (a) 29 (b) 28 (c) 31 (d) 25
- 40.A girl is 10 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 4 years?
Answer key
- 66
- 36
- 13
- 43
- 14
- Monday
- 81
- Tuesday
- 222
- 72
- 29
- 140
- 64
- 76
- 27
- 8
- 20
- 63
- 14
- 10
- 13
- 6
- 4
- 3
- 792
- 96
- 94
- 1
- 10
- 20
- Friday
- 18
- 88
- 60
- 999
- 16
- 9
- 1089
- 28
- 17
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