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.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 29 26 | 35 23 11 | ? 17 32. What is the missing number?
- 2.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 41 =
- 3.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 22 8 | 10 ? 18 | 20 6 16. What is the missing number?
- 4.1 × 9 =
- 5.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 14 =
- 6.67?7 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 7.Think of 6. Multiply it by 2, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 8.70 × 100 =
- 9.15 × 4 =
- 10.If today is Friday, what day was it 34 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Tuesday (c) Saturday (d) Friday
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 25 15 17 | 11 19 ? | 21 23 13. What is the missing number?
- 12.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 19 =
- 13.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 50 days? (a) Thursday (b) Wednesday (c) Saturday (d) Tuesday
- 14.Double 23 =
- 15.Half of 126 =
- 16.12345679 × 27 =
- 17.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 5 19 9 | 15 11 ? | 13 3 17. What is the missing number?
- 18.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 51 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Wednesday (c) Monday (d) Sunday
- 19.111 × 111 =
- 20.16 × 4 =
- 21.18 × 4 =
- 22.9 × 6 =
- 23.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 54 =
- 24.A girl is 6 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
- 25.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 7 =
- 26.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 8 =
- 27.If today is Sunday, what day was it 9 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Friday (c) Thursday (d) Monday
- 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 29.4 × 9 =
- 30.48 × 4 =
- 31.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 32.9 × 10 =
- 33.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 5. I got 44. What was my number?
- 34.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 91 =
- 35.The 8th of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 30th of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 36.9 × 2 =
- 37.52 × 4 =
- 38.7 × 9 =
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 24 27 12 | 9 21 33 | ? 15 18. What is the missing number?
- 40.Think of 13. Multiply it by 2, then add 5. What number do you end with?
Answer key
- 20
- 441
- 14
- 9
- 105
- 7
- 21
- 7000
- 60
- Saturday
- 27
- 190
- Wednesday
- 46
- 63
- 333333333
- 7
- Sunday
- 12321
- 64
- 72
- 54
- 1485
- 15
- 28
- 36
- Friday
- 594
- 36
- 192
- 7
- 90
- 13
- 4186
- Thursday
- 18
- 208
- 63
- 30
- 31
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