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
- 1.6 × 9 =
- 2.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 95 =
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 4.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 64 (b) 18 (c) 32 (d) 48
- 5.95 × 100 =
- 6.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 23 21 | 27 19 11 | 17 15 25. What is the missing number?
- 7.53 × 100 =
- 8.7?05 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 9.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 2 ? | 8 6 4 | 3 10 5. What is the missing number?
- 10.?017 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 11.38?3 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 12.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 23 =
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 14.Magic trick! Think of 15. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 15. What number do you get?
- 15.In 2 years a boy will be 14 years old. How old was he 7 years ago?
- 16.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 18 16 | 22 14 6 | 12 10 20. What is the missing number?
- 17.9 × 10 =
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 30 ? | 12 18 24 | 27 6 21. What is the missing number?
- 19.A girl is 11 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 7 years?
- 20.507 × 10 =
- 21.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 22.11 × 11 =
- 23.6 × 4 =
- 24.?736 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 25.9 × 3 =
- 26.Half of 142 =
- 27.A father is 38 years old and his son is 6. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 28.If today is Sunday, what day was it 48 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Thursday (c) Tuesday (d) Monday
- 29.12345679 × 18 =
- 30.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 16 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday (c) Monday (d) Friday
- 31.Take 77 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 32.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 33.54 × 4 =
- 34.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 77 =
- 35.The ages of two twins add up to 30. How old is each twin?
- 36.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 32 (b) 33 (c) 24 (d) 28
- 37.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 66 =
- 38.1111 × 1111 =
- 39.25 × 4 =
- 40.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 35 days? (a) Saturday (b) Sunday (c) Monday (d) Wednesday
Answer key
- 54
- 4560
- 594
- 18
- 9500
- 13
- 5300
- 6
- 9
- 1
- 4
- 276
- 693
- 5
- 5
- 8
- 90
- 9
- 21
- 5070
- 6
- 121
- 24
- 2
- 27
- 71
- 32
- Monday
- 222222222
- Tuesday
- 63
- 7
- 216
- 3003
- 15
- 32
- 2211
- 1234321
- 100
- Sunday
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