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.The ages of two twins add up to 8. How old is each twin?
- 2.Take 651. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 34 13 | 16 22 28 | 31 10 ?. What is the missing number?
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 5.A piggy bank has 3 coins of ₹5 and 10 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 6.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 7.9 × 7 =
- 8.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 9.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 83 =
- 10.37 × 3 =
- 11.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 60 =
- 12.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 86 =
- 13.59 × 4 =
- 14.1111 × 1111 =
- 15.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 16.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 4 times table? (a) 8 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d) 14
- 17.What comes next? 10, 15, 20, 25, ? (a) 25 (b) 35 (c) 31 (d) 30
- 18.3 × 9 =
- 19.Half of 168 =
- 20.Half of 116 =
- 21.Take 96 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 22.Take 329. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.The 9th of a month is a Friday. What day is the 25th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Monday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
- 24.The ages of two twins add up to 10. How old is each twin?
- 25.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 8 years?
- 26.Half of 16 =
- 27.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 28.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 29.594 + 495 =
- 30.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 21 11 | 9 17 ? | 23 13 15. What is the missing number?
- 31.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 32.Think of 7. Multiply it by 4, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 33.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 34.48?3 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 35.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 81 days? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Tuesday
- 36.84 × 100 =
- 37.693 + 396 =
- 38.A father is 31 years old and his son is 8. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 39.48 × 4 =
- 40.Double 17 =
Answer key
- 4
- 495
- 25
- 792
- 35
- 3
- 63
- 1
- 3486
- 111
- 1830
- 3741
- 236
- 1234321
- 2
- 14
- 30
- 27
- 84
- 58
- 81
- 594
- Sunday
- 5
- 18
- 8
- 4
- 9
- 1089
- 25
- 4
- 37
- 3
- 3
- Tuesday
- 8400
- 1089
- 23
- 192
- 34
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