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.Double 94 =
- 2.123456789 × 8 + 9 =
- 3.111111 × 111111 =
- 4.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 25 (b) 26 (c) 23 (d) 27
- 5.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 6.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 46. What was my number?
- 7.22 × 4 =
- 8.17 × 4 =
- 9.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 10.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 34
- 11.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 12.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 20. What was my number?
- 13.10 × 4 =
- 14.42 × 4 =
- 15.Double 11 =
- 16.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 17.396 + 693 =
- 18.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 52 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Tuesday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
- 19.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 50. What was my number?
- 20.611 × 10 =
- 21.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 65 (b) 56 (c) 64 (d) 48
- 22.If today is Saturday, what day was it 41 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Sunday (c) Saturday (d) Monday
- 23.48 × ? = 4800
- 24.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 77 =
- 25.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 26.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 59 (b) 28 (c) 49 (d) 42
- 27.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 34. What was my number?
- 28.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 3. I got 11. What was my number?
- 29.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 24 (b) 32 (c) 33 (d) 28
- 30.492 × ? = 4920
- 31.9 × 9 =
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 984: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 46 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Monday (c) Friday (d) Wednesday
- 34.2 × 9 =
- 35.Double 81 =
- 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 17 14 29 | ? 20 8 | 11 26 23. What is the missing number?
- 37.50 × ? = 50000
- 38.24 × 1000 =
- 39.7 × 4 =
- 40.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 97 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Saturday (c) Sunday (d) Monday
Answer key
- 188
- 987654321
- 12345654321
- 25
- 1
- 18
- 88
- 68
- 3
- 34
- 6
- 9
- 40
- 168
- 22
- 3
- 1089
- Saturday
- 18
- 6110
- 64
- Sunday
- 100
- 3003
- 5
- 59
- 8
- 4
- 32
- 10
- 81
- 1089
- Tuesday
- 18
- 162
- 32
- 1000
- 24000
- 28
- Sunday
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