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
- 1.41 × 1000 =
- 2.2?67 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 3.12345679 × 45 =
- 4.Take 36 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 5.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 6.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 24 (b) 28 (c) 32 (d) 33
- 7.Double 47 =
- 8.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 2. I got 37. What was my number?
- 9.9 × 10 =
- 10.12345679 × 9 =
- 11.1234567 × 8 + 7 =
- 12.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 12 (b) 28 (c) 15 (d) 21
- 13.12345678 × 9 + 9 =
- 14.Take 96 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 15.What comes next? 1, 4, 7, 10, ? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) 13
- 16.1 × 9 =
- 17.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 18.Half of 144 =
- 19.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 14 days? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Friday (d) Monday
- 20.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 21.874 × 10 =
- 22.The ages of two twins add up to 28. How old is each twin?
- 23.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 4 25 | 22 16 10 | ? 28 13. What is the missing number?
- 24.814 × ? = 8140
- 25.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 42 =
- 26.A father is 35 years old and his son is 4. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 27.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 28.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 81 (b) 70 (c) 80 (d) 60
- 29.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 33 12 27 | 18 24 ? | 21 36 15. What is the missing number?
- 30.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 4. I got 12. What was my number?
- 31.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 63 =
- 32.47 × 100 =
- 33.Take 76 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 34.26 × 4 =
- 35.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 36.A father is 32 years old and his son is 10. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 37.12345 × 9 + 6 =
- 38.447 × 10 =
- 39.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 68 =
- 40.1234567 × 9 + 8 =
Answer key
- 41000
- 3
- 555555555
- 27
- 7
- 32
- 94
- 7
- 90
- 111111111
- 9876543
- 28
- 111111111
- 81
- 13
- 9
- 3
- 72
- Friday
- 9
- 8740
- 14
- 7
- 10
- 903
- 31
- 1
- 80
- 30
- 2
- 2016
- 4700
- 63
- 104
- 4
- 22
- 111111
- 4470
- 2346
- 11111111
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