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 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 2.35 × 4 =
- 3.A girl is 6 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 4 years?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 593: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 6.625 × ? = 6250
- 7.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 6. I got 12. What was my number?
- 8.12345 × 9 + 6 =
- 9.6 × 9 =
- 10.Take 40 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 11.9 × 1 =
- 12.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 13.?340 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 4 11 | ? 8 6 | 5 12 7. What is the missing number?
- 15.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 5 ? 9 | 12 8 4 | 7 6 11. What is the missing number?
- 16.The 6th of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 25th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) Thursday (d) Saturday
- 17.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 18.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 19.The 6th of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 23rd of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Tuesday (c) Wednesday (d) Saturday
- 20.20 × ? = 20000
- 21.Half of 114 =
- 22.Double 95 =
- 23.908 × 10 =
- 24.32 × 1000 =
- 25.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 3 10 5 | ? 6 4 | 7 2 9. What is the missing number?
- 26.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 27.21 × 4 =
- 28.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 29.Half of 72 =
- 30.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 30 (b) 24 (c) 25 (d) 12
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 ? 3 | 2 6 10 | 9 4 5. What is the missing number?
- 32.In 6 years a boy will be 20 years old. How old was he 2 years ago?
- 33.A piggy bank has 12 coins of ₹5 and 14 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 34.?836 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 35.4 × 9 =
- 36.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 37.?260 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 38.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 4. I got 16. What was my number?
- 39.92 × ? = 920
- 40.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
Answer key
- 9
- 140
- 12
- 1089
- 2
- 10
- 3
- 111111
- 54
- 36
- 9
- 5
- 2
- 10
- 10
- Friday
- 3
- 2
- Wednesday
- 1000
- 57
- 190
- 9080
- 32000
- 8
- 7
- 84
- 4
- 36
- 25
- 8
- 12
- 88
- 1
- 36
- 297
- 1
- 6
- 10
- 8
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