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
- 1.648 × 10 =
- 2.198 + 891 =
- 3.Take 947. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.37 × 12 =
- 5.Half of 136 =
- 6.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 4 3 8 | 9 5 1 | 2 ? 6. What is the missing number?
- 7.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 8.122? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 9.31 × 4 =
- 10.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 53 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Friday
- 11.Double 41 =
- 12.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 861: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 15.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 35 =
- 16.7?12 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 17.The 3rd of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 28th of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Tuesday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
- 18.The 2nd of a month is a Monday. What day is the 29th of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Monday (c) Saturday (d) Wednesday
- 19.Think of 5. Multiply it by 2, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 20.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 64 =
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 530: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.47 × 1000 =
- 23.19 × 4 =
- 24.7 × 4 =
- 25.12345679 × 18 =
- 26.The ages of two twins add up to 16. How old is each twin?
- 27.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 36 (b) 49 (c) 42 (d) 48
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 6 20 | 18 14 10 | 8 22 ?. What is the missing number?
- 29.9 × 10 =
- 30.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) 42 (d) 21
- 31.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 32.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.2 × 9 =
- 34.771 × ? = 7710
- 35.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 5 4 9 | 10 6 2 | 3 ? 7. What is the missing number?
- 36.Double 83 =
- 37.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 27 =
- 38.162? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 39.693 + 396 =
- 40.Take 91 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
Answer key
- 6480
- 1089
- 198
- 444
- 68
- 7
- 1
- 4
- 124
- Saturday
- 82
- 6
- 1089
- 2
- 324
- 8
- Saturday
- Sunday
- 12
- 2080
- 1089
- 47000
- 76
- 28
- 222222222
- 8
- 48
- 12
- 90
- 39
- 6
- 891
- 18
- 10
- 8
- 166
- 196
- 9
- 1089
- 81
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