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 × 9 =
- 2.7 × 4 =
- 3.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 9
- 4.31? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 5.57 × 4 =
- 6.What comes next? 36, 49, 64, 81, ? (a) 98 (b) 100 (c) 101 (d) 102
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 994: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.26?7 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 9.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 10.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 6 11 | 8 ? 12 | 9 14 7. What is the missing number?
- 11.37 × 6 =
- 12.The 4th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 22nd of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Tuesday (c) Friday (d) Saturday
- 13.Double 76 =
- 14.42 × 4 =
- 15.9 × 5 =
- 16.Double 71 =
- 17.377? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 18.2 × 1000 =
- 19.748 × 10 =
- 20.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 21.419 × ? = 4190
- 22.37 × 1000 =
- 23.89 × 100 =
- 24.35 × 4 =
- 25.Double 59 =
- 26.5 × 9 =
- 27.In 6 years a boy will be 14 years old. How old was he 3 years ago?
- 28.4 × 1000 =
- 29.14 × ? = 14000
- 30.14 × 4 =
- 31.Half of 72 =
- 32.48 × 4 =
- 33.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 18 4 14 | 8 12 ? | 10 20 6. What is the missing number?
- 34.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 ? 25 | 28 16 4 | 7 22 19. What is the missing number?
- 35.29 × ? = 29000
- 36.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 37.A father is 33 years old and his son is 4. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 38.123 × 8 + 3 =
- 39.A girl is 10 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 2 years?
- 40.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 92 days? (a) Monday (b) Saturday (c) Wednesday (d) Sunday
Answer key
- 81
- 28
- 16
- 5
- 228
- 100
- 1089
- 3
- 8
- 10
- 222
- Saturday
- 152
- 168
- 45
- 142
- 1
- 2000
- 7480
- 3
- 10
- 37000
- 8900
- 140
- 118
- 45
- 5
- 4000
- 1000
- 56
- 36
- 192
- 16
- 10
- 1000
- 9
- 29
- 987
- 15
- Sunday
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