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.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 28 days? (a) Monday (b) Wednesday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
- 2.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 2. I got 14. What was my number?
- 3.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 49 =
- 4.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 ? 13 | 11 19 27 | 25 15 17. What is the missing number?
- 5.88 × 100 =
- 6.67 × 100 =
- 7.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 1. I got 25. What was my number?
- 8.Think of 5. Multiply it by 2, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 9.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 47 (b) 50 (c) 51 (d) 49
- 10.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 25 28 13 | 10 22 ? | 31 16 19. What is the missing number?
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 ? 8 | 9 11 13 | 14 7 12. What is the missing number?
- 12.If today is Saturday, what day was it 11 days ago? (a) Monday (b) Wednesday (c) Tuesday (d) Friday
- 13.Double 71 =
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 36 ? | 30 24 18 | 27 12 33. What is the missing number?
- 15.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 18 4 ? | 8 12 16 | 10 20 6. What is the missing number?
- 16.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 30 (b) 18 (c) 36 (d) 17
- 17.Double 18 =
- 18.94 × ? = 9400
- 19.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 47 =
- 20.The 7th of a month is a Thursday. What day is the 24th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Saturday (c) Sunday (d) Monday
- 21.Think of 13. Multiply it by 2, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 22.5 × 9 =
- 23.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 27 =
- 24.The 3rd of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 17th of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Tuesday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
- 25.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 14 9 | 12 10 8 | 11 ? 13. What is the missing number?
- 26.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 17 =
- 27.9 × 9 =
- 28.9 × 10 =
- 29.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 14 =
- 30.The 3rd of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 14th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Saturday (c) Wednesday (d) Sunday
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 24 27 12 | ? 21 33 | 30 15 18. What is the missing number?
- 32.17 × 4 =
- 33.1 × 9 =
- 34.Double 75 =
- 35.Double 17 =
- 36.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 37.123 × 9 + 4 =
- 38.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 86 days? (a) Saturday (b) Monday (c) Wednesday (d) Sunday
- 39.The 4th of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 23rd of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Thursday
- 40.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
Answer key
- Sunday
- 6
- 625
- 23
- 8800
- 6700
- 6
- 13
- 49
- 34
- 15
- Tuesday
- 142
- 21
- 14
- 17
- 36
- 100
- 1128
- Sunday
- 32
- 45
- 196
- Saturday
- 6
- 81
- 81
- 90
- 105
- Sunday
- 9
- 68
- 9
- 150
- 34
- 297
- 1111
- Sunday
- Friday
- 792
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