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
- 1.47 × 100 =
- 2.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 17 3 13 | 7 11 ? | 9 19 5. What is the missing number?
- 3.37 × 12 =
- 4.Take 558. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.9 × 8 =
- 6.A girl is 11 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 2 years?
- 7.52 × ? = 520
- 8.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 39 days? (a) Friday (b) Thursday (c) Wednesday (d) Sunday
- 9.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 11 26 | 29 17 5 | 8 ? 20. What is the missing number?
- 10.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 54 (b) 36 (c) 81 (d) 49
- 11.If today is Sunday, what day was it 57 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Tuesday (c) Saturday (d) Friday
- 12.Double 12 =
- 13.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 14.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 15.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 66 days? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Wednesday (d) Monday
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 980: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 871: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.What comes next? 12, 15, 18, 21, ? (a) 25 (b) 21 (c) 27 (d) 24
- 19.Take 521. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Half of 156 =
- 21.In 6 years a boy will be 14 years old. How old was he 6 years ago?
- 22.54 × 4 =
- 23.Half of 106 =
- 24.10 × 1000 =
- 25.3 × 9 =
- 26.198 + 891 =
- 27.Take 860. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.2 × 9 =
- 29.Half of 16 =
- 30.1 × 9 =
- 31.11111 × 11111 =
- 32.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 16 (b) 17 (c) 12 (d) 14
- 33.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 14 13 | ? 12 8 | 11 10 15. What is the missing number?
- 34.Half of 112 =
- 35.9 × 10 =
- 36.12345679 × 81 =
- 37.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 39 =
- 38.Think of 3. Multiply it by 2, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 39.A piggy bank has 11 coins of ₹5 and 11 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 40.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 4700
- 15
- 444
- 297
- 72
- 15
- 10
- Thursday
- 23
- 49
- Saturday
- 24
- 8
- 5
- Sunday
- 1089
- 1089
- 24
- 396
- 78
- 2
- 216
- 53
- 10000
- 27
- 1089
- 792
- 18
- 8
- 9
- 123454321
- 16
- 16
- 56
- 90
- 999999999
- 400
- 8
- 77
- 891
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