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 =
- 2.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 26 23 | 32 20 ? | 17 14 29. What is the missing number?
- 3.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 4.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 5.9 × 9 =
- 6.12345679 × 54 =
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 610: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 9.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 10.37 × 12 =
- 11.What comes next? 36, 49, 64, 81, ? (a) 101 (b) 98 (c) 102 (d) 100
- 12.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 59 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Wednesday (d) Monday
- 13.If today is Saturday, what day was it 28 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Friday
- 14.18 × 4 =
- 15.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 31 =
- 16.663 × 10 =
- 17.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 18.27 × ? = 27000
- 19.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 45 =
- 20.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 15 ? | 9 13 17 | 16 11 12. What is the missing number?
- 21.If today is Sunday, what day was it 41 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Thursday (c) Monday (d) Sunday
- 22.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 76 days? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Saturday
- 23.32 × 100 =
- 24.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 8 =
- 25.Double 44 =
- 26.5?7 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 27.538 × ? = 5380
- 28.19 × 1000 =
- 29.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 7. I got 25. What was my number?
- 30.Double 62 =
- 31.Take 71 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 32.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 49 days? (a) Thursday (b) Monday (c) Friday (d) Saturday
- 33.9 × 2 =
- 34.40 × 4 =
- 35.In 3 years a boy will be 11 years old. How old was he 4 years ago?
- 36.A girl is 11 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 2 years?
- 37.13 × 4 =
- 38.Take 81 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 39.A piggy bank has 6 coins of ₹5 and 2 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 40.297 + 792 =
Answer key
- 36
- 8
- 1
- 3
- 81
- 666666666
- 1089
- 9
- 2
- 444
- 100
- Sunday
- Saturday
- 72
- 256
- 6630
- 2
- 1000
- 529
- 10
- Monday
- Saturday
- 3200
- 36
- 88
- 6
- 10
- 19000
- 9
- 124
- 63
- Friday
- 18
- 160
- 4
- 17
- 52
- 72
- 34
- 1089
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