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.Half of 72 =
- 2.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 24 (b) 12 (c) 41 (d) 18
- 3.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 4.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 31 days? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday
- 5.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 24 (b) 16 (c) 22 (d) 32
- 6.9 × 7 =
- 7.What comes next? 3, 5, 7, 9, ? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 12 (d) 9
- 8.23 × 4 =
- 9.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 10.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 4 times table? (a) 16 (b) 20 (c) 15 (d) 24
- 11.Double 14 =
- 12.What comes next? 1, 10, 19, 28, ? (a) 46 (b) 28 (c) 38 (d) 37
- 13.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 37 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) Thursday
- 14.Think of 8. Multiply it by 4, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 15.?185 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 16.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 13 8 | 11 9 ? | 10 5 12. What is the missing number?
- 17.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 27 6 | 9 15 ? | 24 3 18. What is the missing number?
- 18.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 19.Half of 102 =
- 20.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 6. I got 21. What was my number?
- 21.37 × 15 =
- 22.Half of 104 =
- 23.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 58 =
- 24.Think of 4. Multiply it by 4, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 25.5 × 1000 =
- 26.9 × 10 =
- 27.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 60 (b) 80 (c) 81 (d) 70
- 28.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 66 =
- 29.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 87 =
- 30.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 13 days? (a) Sunday (b) Thursday (c) Monday (d) Tuesday
- 31.Take 450. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 38 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Friday (c) Thursday (d) Sunday
- 33.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 30 15 18 | ? 21 33 | 24 27 12. What is the missing number?
- 34.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 ? 9 | 8 12 16 | 15 10 11. What is the missing number?
- 35.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 43 =
- 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 11 26 | 29 17 5 | ? 23 20. What is the missing number?
- 37.A girl is 12 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 4 years?
- 38.A father is 41 years old and his son is 10. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 39.9 × 2 =
- 40.Take 87 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
Answer key
- 36
- 41
- 2
- Wednesday
- 22
- 63
- 11
- 92
- 3
- 15
- 28
- 37
- Monday
- 41
- 4
- 7
- 21
- 9
- 51
- 5
- 555
- 52
- 1711
- 22
- 5000
- 90
- 80
- 2211
- 3828
- Monday
- 396
- Thursday
- 9
- 14
- 484
- 8
- 18
- 31
- 18
- 72
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