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Maths tricks trick 15: Mixed trick challenge · Set 195 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Half of 62 =
  2. 2.318 × ? = 3180
  3. 3.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 81 (b) 70 (c) 60 (d) 80
  4. 4.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 11 =
  5. 5.43 × 1000 =
  6. 6.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 19 =
  7. 7.1234 × 9 + 5 =
  8. 8.9 × 9 =
  9. 9.897 × 10 =
  10. 10.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 3 10 5 | 8 6 4 | 7 2 ?. What is the missing number?
  11. 11.The 1st of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 10th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday
  12. 12.42 × 4 =
  13. 13.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
  14. 14.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
  15. 15.Double 23 =
  16. 16.The 1st of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 21st of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Tuesday (c) Thursday (d) Monday
  17. 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
  18. 18.1 × 9 =
  19. 19.The 1st of a month is a Thursday. What day is the 22nd of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Friday (c) Thursday (d) Wednesday
  20. 20.9 × 1 =
  21. 21.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 83 (b) 81 (c) 79 (d) 82
  22. 22.9 × 8 =
  23. 23.The ages of two twins add up to 14. How old is each twin?
  24. 24.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 17 =
  25. 25.Half of 162 =
  26. 26.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 23 13 | 11 19 27 | ? 15 17. What is the missing number?
  27. 27.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 65 =
  28. 28.29 × 4 =
  29. 29.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
  30. 30.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  31. 31.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 66 =
  32. 32.70 × 100 =
  33. 33.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
  34. 34.Take 397. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  35. 35.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
  36. 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 11 12 | 9 ? 17 | 14 15 10. What is the missing number?
  37. 37.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
  38. 38.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 20. What was my number?
  39. 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 26 ? | 14 18 22 | 24 10 20. What is the missing number?
  40. 40.1?27 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?

Answer key

  1. 31
  2. 10
  3. 80
  4. 66
  5. 43000
  6. 100
  7. 11111
  8. 81
  9. 8970
  10. 9
  11. Tuesday
  12. 168
  13. 8
  14. 13
  15. 46
  16. Monday
  17. 792
  18. 9
  19. Thursday
  20. 9
  21. 81
  22. 72
  23. 7
  24. 81
  25. 81
  26. 25
  27. 2145
  28. 116
  29. 7
  30. 792
  31. 2211
  32. 7000
  33. 1
  34. 396
  35. 2
  36. 13
  37. 9
  38. 8
  39. 12
  40. 8

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