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
- 1.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 2.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 24 14 | 20 ? 12 | 18 8 22. What is the missing number?
- 3.18 × 4 =
- 4.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 17 =
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 6.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 4 times table? (a) 24 (b) 16 (c) 28 (d) 26
- 7.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 28. What was my number?
- 8.A father is 41 years old and his son is 6. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 9.Double 61 =
- 10.A piggy bank has 8 coins of ₹5 and 12 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 11.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 22. What was my number?
- 12.In 5 years a boy will be 17 years old. How old was he 2 years ago?
- 13.Take 925. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 15.Double 99 =
- 16.16 × 100 =
- 17.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 5. I got 38. What was my number?
- 18.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 59 =
- 19.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 47 (b) 30 (c) 15 (d) 20
- 20.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 21.12345679 × 63 =
- 22.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 7. I got 19. What was my number?
- 23.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 27 6 21 | 12 18 24 | 15 ? 9. What is the missing number?
- 24.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 18. What was my number?
- 25.2 × 100 =
- 26.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 33 days? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Saturday
- 27.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 25 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Saturday (c) Sunday (d) Friday
- 28.If today is Monday, what day was it 49 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Sunday (c) Monday (d) Tuesday
- 29.If today is Friday, what day was it 45 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Friday (c) Monday (d) Wednesday
- 30.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 22 =
- 31.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 8. I got 53. What was my number?
- 32.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 48 (b) 56 (c) 65 (d) 64
- 33.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 35.Take 29 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 36.820 × ? = 8200
- 37.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 12 22 | 24 16 8 | ? 20 18. What is the missing number?
- 38.The ages of two twins add up to 28. How old is each twin?
- 39.The 6th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 30th of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Monday (c) Wednesday (d) Tuesday
- 40.Half of 184 =
Answer key
- 3
- 16
- 72
- 81
- 594
- 26
- 8
- 35
- 122
- 64
- 10
- 10
- 396
- 1
- 198
- 1600
- 11
- 1770
- 47
- 6
- 777777777
- 4
- 30
- 6
- 200
- Saturday
- Saturday
- Monday
- Tuesday
- 253
- 15
- 64
- 7
- 693
- 18
- 10
- 10
- 14
- Tuesday
- 92
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