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
- 1.16 × ? = 16000
- 2.A father is 45 years old and his son is 14. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 3.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 3. I got 47. What was my number?
- 4.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 2 ? | 6 10 14 | 8 18 4. What is the missing number?
- 5.Double 91 =
- 6.9 × 1 =
- 7.Half of 172 =
- 8.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 9.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 19 =
- 10.If today is Friday, what day was it 17 days ago? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday
- 11.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 30 (b) 15 (c) 46 (d) 25
- 12.52 × 4 =
- 13.What comes next? 4, 8, 12, 16, ? (a) 16 (b) 20 (c) 21 (d) 24
- 14.33 × 4 =
- 15.Take 97 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 16.Take 634. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.10 × ? = 10000
- 18.792 + 297 =
- 19.A piggy bank has 11 coins of ₹5 and 7 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 20.A father is 36 years old and his son is 14. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 21.12 × 1000 =
- 22.Double 15 =
- 23.Half of 142 =
- 24.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 25.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 94 days? (a) Sunday (b) Wednesday (c) Friday (d) Thursday
- 26.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 88 days? (a) Thursday (b) Wednesday (c) Tuesday (d) Saturday
- 27.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 37 =
- 28.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 29.12345678 × 8 + 8 =
- 30.123 × 8 + 3 =
- 31.3 × 9 =
- 32.8?86 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 33.A father is 32 years old and his son is 10. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 34.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 26 =
- 35.9 × 9 =
- 36.Double 25 =
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 806: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Magic trick! Think of 9. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 9. What number do you get?
- 39.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 20 =
- 40.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 93 =
Answer key
- 1000
- 31
- 11
- 12
- 182
- 9
- 86
- 1
- 190
- Tuesday
- 46
- 208
- 20
- 132
- 81
- 198
- 1000
- 1089
- 69
- 22
- 12000
- 30
- 71
- 8
- Thursday
- Wednesday
- 703
- 0
- 98765432
- 987
- 27
- 5
- 22
- 351
- 81
- 50
- 1089
- 4
- 210
- 4371
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