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.
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- 1.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 22. What was my number?
- 2.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 3.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 20 =
- 4.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 2 years?
- 5.30 × 4 =
- 6.Double 29 =
- 7.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 18 20 10 | 8 16 24 | ? 12 14. What is the missing number?
- 8.1234 × 9 + 5 =
- 9.78 × 100 =
- 10.Take 47 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 15 10 | 9 13 17 | 16 11 12. What is the missing number?
- 12.78 × ? = 7800
- 13.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 18 15 30 | 33 ? 9 | 12 27 24. What is the missing number?
- 14.3?22 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 15.Half of 102 =
- 16.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 9. I got 39. What was my number?
- 17.Think of 5. Multiply it by 4, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 18.Take 24 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 19.10 × 9 =
- 20.A girl is 11 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 5 years?
- 21.41 × 4 =
- 22.15 × 1000 =
- 23.123 × 9 + 4 =
- 24.9 × 8 =
- 25.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 26.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 73 =
- 27.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 19 =
- 28.Half of 98 =
- 29.The 1st of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 14th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Monday (c) Tuesday (d) Sunday
- 30.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 77 =
- 31.Double 95 =
- 32.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 85 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Friday (c) Sunday (d) Thursday
- 33.?331 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 34.Take 37 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 35.9 × 9 =
- 36.12345679 × 63 =
- 37.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 81 (b) 60 (c) 70 (d) 80
- 38.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 71 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Friday (c) Sunday (d) Saturday
- 39.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 67 =
- 40.?512 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
Answer key
- 10
- 5
- 210
- 13
- 120
- 58
- 22
- 11111
- 7800
- 36
- 14
- 100
- 21
- 2
- 51
- 15
- 26
- 18
- 90
- 21
- 164
- 15000
- 1111
- 72
- 0
- 2701
- 100
- 49
- Monday
- 3003
- 190
- Thursday
- 2
- 27
- 81
- 777777777
- 80
- Saturday
- 2278
- 1
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