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
- 1.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 2.602 × ? = 6020
- 3.Double 29 =
- 4.If today is Friday, what day was it 27 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Tuesday (c) Saturday (d) Friday
- 5.47 × 4 =
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 7.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 20 days? (a) Monday (b) Thursday (c) Sunday (d) Tuesday
- 8.11 × 11 =
- 9.A girl is 6 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 2 years?
- 10.The 9th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 28th of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Wednesday (c) Sunday (d) Monday
- 11.12345679 × 9 =
- 12.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 25 10 13 | 4 16 28 | ? 22 7. What is the missing number?
- 13.Take 14 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 14.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 49 (b) 42 (c) 36 (d) 48
- 15.495 + 594 =
- 16.Double 57 =
- 17.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 94 =
- 18.Think of 14. Multiply it by 5, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 19.In 2 years a boy will be 12 years old. How old was he 4 years ago?
- 20.12 × 4 =
- 21.594 + 495 =
- 22.693 + 396 =
- 23.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 97 =
- 24.5 × 9 =
- 25.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 56 (b) 64 (c) 48 (d) 65
- 26.If today is Monday, what day was it 43 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Sunday (c) Saturday (d) Monday
- 27.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 79 (b) 82 (c) 81 (d) 83
- 28.You have 14 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹16. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 29.1 × 9 =
- 30.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 12 ? | 30 18 6 | 9 24 21. What is the missing number?
- 31.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 48. What was my number?
- 32.If today is Saturday, what day was it 34 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Wednesday (c) Monday (d) Sunday
- 33.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 34.45 × 4 =
- 35.The 9th of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 21st of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Thursday (c) Saturday (d) Friday
- 36.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 50 (b) 49 (c) 51 (d) 47
- 37.37 × 12 =
- 38.43 × 1000 =
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 11 13 | 7 15 23 | 17 19 9. What is the missing number?
- 40.?163 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
Answer key
- 6
- 10
- 58
- Saturday
- 188
- 693
- Monday
- 121
- 13
- Sunday
- 111111111
- 19
- 9
- 48
- 1089
- 114
- 4465
- 73
- 6
- 48
- 1089
- 1089
- 4753
- 45
- 64
- Sunday
- 81
- 2
- 9
- 27
- 17
- Sunday
- 1
- 180
- Friday
- 49
- 444
- 43000
- 21
- 8
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