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
- 1.12 × 9 + 3 =
- 2.37 × 10 =
- 3.A father is 43 years old and his son is 5. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 4.Half of 34 =
- 5.A girl is 9 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
- 6.444 × 10 =
- 7.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 23 26 11 | ? 20 32 | 29 14 17. What is the missing number?
- 8.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 35 =
- 9.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 3 8 7 | 10 6 ? | 5 4 9. What is the missing number?
- 10.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 23 13 15 | 9 17 25 | 19 21 ?. What is the missing number?
- 11.A girl is 11 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 7 years?
- 12.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 81 =
- 13.12 × 8 + 2 =
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 25 15 | 21 ? 13 | 19 9 23. What is the missing number?
- 15.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 31 days? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Friday (d) Monday
- 16.7 × ? = 7000
- 17.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 18.79 × 10 =
- 19.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 30 (b) 42 (c) 34 (d) 24
- 20.18 × 4 =
- 21.495 + 594 =
- 22.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 51 (b) 50 (c) 49 (d) 47
- 23.891 + 198 =
- 24.9 × 8 =
- 25.803? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 26.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 ? 18 | 20 12 4 | 6 16 14. What is the missing number?
- 27.11 × 11 =
- 28.44 × 4 =
- 29.26 × 1000 =
- 30.Take 96 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 31.9 × 4 =
- 32.Double 69 =
- 33.What comes next? 16, 20, 24, 28, ? (a) 36 (b) 28 (c) 33 (d) 32
- 34.17 × 4 =
- 35.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 94 days? (a) Sunday (b) Friday (c) Saturday (d) Tuesday
- 36.What comes next? 15, 24, 33, 42, ? (a) 51 (b) 42 (c) 60 (d) 52
- 37.The 6th of a month is a Thursday. What day is the 28th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Thursday
- 38.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 24 =
- 39.344? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 40.9 × 9 =
Answer key
- 111
- 370
- 38
- 17
- 14
- 4440
- 8
- 324
- 2
- 11
- 23
- 3321
- 98
- 17
- Friday
- 1000
- 4
- 790
- 34
- 72
- 1089
- 49
- 1089
- 72
- 7
- 8
- 121
- 176
- 26000
- 81
- 36
- 138
- 32
- 68
- Saturday
- 51
- Friday
- 300
- 7
- 81
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