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
- 1.30 × 4 =
- 2.Double 27 =
- 3.?731 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 4.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 36 =
- 5.Half of 58 =
- 6.37 × 21 =
- 7.11111 × 11111 =
- 8.Double 46 =
- 9.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 15 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Thursday (c) Tuesday (d) Monday
- 10.Half of 112 =
- 11.12345679 × 9 =
- 12.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 13.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 83 days? (a) Friday (b) Saturday (c) Tuesday (d) Sunday
- 14.Half of 42 =
- 15.Double 11 =
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 17.319 × 10 =
- 18.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 19.47 × 100 =
- 20.9 × 4 =
- 21.Take 206. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 23.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 63 (b) 49 (c) 18 (d) 36
- 24.5 × 9 =
- 25.Double 95 =
- 26.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 20 6 | 8 12 16 | 18 ? 14. What is the missing number?
- 27.723? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 28.47 × 4 =
- 29.9 × 1 =
- 30.16 × 4 =
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 ? 25 | 23 19 15 | 13 27 17. What is the missing number?
- 32.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 ? 24 | 27 15 3 | 6 21 18. What is the missing number?
- 33.If today is Thursday, what day was it 29 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Saturday (c) Thursday (d) Wednesday
- 34.Half of 192 =
- 35.84 × ? = 8400
- 36.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 37.29 × 4 =
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 2 16 | ? 10 6 | 4 18 8. What is the missing number?
- 39.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 9 years?
- 40.The ages of two twins add up to 18. How old is each twin?
Answer key
- 120
- 54
- 7
- 666
- 29
- 777
- 123454321
- 92
- Monday
- 56
- 111111111
- 8
- Saturday
- 21
- 22
- 891
- 3190
- 0
- 4700
- 36
- 396
- 1
- 49
- 45
- 190
- 4
- 6
- 188
- 9
- 64
- 11
- 9
- Wednesday
- 96
- 100
- 297
- 116
- 14
- 16
- 9
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