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.
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- 1.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 2.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 3.10 × 9 =
- 4.You have 12 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹17. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 5.You have 13 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹25. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 6.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 7.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.9 × 1 =
- 9.12345679 × 81 =
- 10.Double 97 =
- 11.9 × 2 =
- 12.If today is Saturday, what day was it 26 days ago? (a) Monday (b) Thursday (c) Tuesday (d) Sunday
- 13.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 35 =
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 2 12 | 6 10 14 | 8 ? 4. What is the missing number?
- 15.162 × 10 =
- 16.19 × 4 =
- 17.6 × 9 =
- 18.214? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 19.29 × ? = 2900
- 20.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 18 16 | 22 14 6 | 12 10 20. What is the missing number?
- 21.32 × 100 =
- 22.Take 114. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.2 × 9 =
- 24.A girl is 11 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 5 years?
- 25.693 + 396 =
- 26.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 8. What was my number?
- 27.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 43 =
- 28.9 × 9 =
- 29.A girl is 12 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 2 years?
- 30.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 34 (b) 37 (c) 38 (d) 36
- 31.12345679 × 18 =
- 32.3 × 9 =
- 33.Take 98 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 34.792 + 297 =
- 35.Double 61 =
- 36.If today is Saturday, what day was it 12 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Monday (c) Thursday (d) Sunday
- 37.12345 × 9 + 6 =
- 38.Double 21 =
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 980: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.In 4 years a boy will be 13 years old. How old was he 7 years ago?
Answer key
- 6
- 5
- 90
- 5
- 12
- 4
- 891
- 9
- 999999999
- 194
- 18
- Monday
- 630
- 18
- 1620
- 76
- 54
- 2
- 100
- 8
- 3200
- 297
- 18
- 20
- 1089
- 3
- 946
- 81
- 17
- 36
- 222222222
- 27
- 81
- 1089
- 122
- Monday
- 111111
- 42
- 1089
- 2
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