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Maths tricks trick 15: Mixed trick challenge · Set 263 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Half of 86 =
  2. 2.2 × 9 =
  3. 3.A father is 38 years old and his son is 14. How old was the father when the son was born?
  4. 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
  5. 5.34 × ? = 3400
  6. 6.39 × 4 =
  7. 7.What comes next? 18, 24, 30, 36, ? (a) 43 (b) 48 (c) 42 (d) 36
  8. 8.What comes next? 3, 12, 21, 30, ? (a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 48 (d) 39
  9. 9.Take 15 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
  10. 10.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 15 =
  11. 11.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 15 =
  12. 12.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 88 =
  13. 13.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 1. I got 36. What was my number?
  14. 14.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
  15. 15.32 × 4 =
  16. 16.21 × 4 =
  17. 17.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 31 =
  18. 18.3 × 9 =
  19. 19.Think of 6. Multiply it by 2, then add 7. What number do you end with?
  20. 20.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
  21. 21.123 × 8 + 3 =
  22. 22.Half of 182 =
  23. 23.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 17 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) 16
  24. 24.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
  25. 25.Take 99 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
  26. 26.123456789 × 8 + 9 =
  27. 27.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 47 (b) 50 (c) 51 (d) 49
  28. 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 2 9 | 8 ? 4 | 3 10 5. What is the missing number?
  29. 29.6 × 9 =
  30. 30.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 3 17 | 15 11 7 | ? 19 9. What is the missing number?
  31. 31.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 60 (b) 81 (c) 80 (d) 70
  32. 32.Take 17 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
  33. 33.The 3rd of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 17th of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Wednesday (c) Tuesday (d) Thursday
  34. 34.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
  35. 35.9 × 10 =
  36. 36.1234 × 8 + 4 =
  37. 37.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
  38. 38.10 × 4 =
  39. 39.12345679 × 36 =
  40. 40.676? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?

Answer key

  1. 43
  2. 18
  3. 24
  4. 891
  5. 100
  6. 156
  7. 42
  8. 39
  9. 9
  10. 64
  11. 120
  12. 3916
  13. 7
  14. 693
  15. 128
  16. 84
  17. 256
  18. 27
  19. 19
  20. 2
  21. 987
  22. 91
  23. 16
  24. 7
  25. 81
  26. 987654321
  27. 49
  28. 6
  29. 54
  30. 5
  31. 80
  32. 9
  33. Wednesday
  34. 2
  35. 90
  36. 9876
  37. 2
  38. 40
  39. 444444444
  40. 8

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