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.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 32 11 26 | 17 ? 29 | 20 35 14. What is the missing number?
- 2.What comes next? 1, 8, 15, 22, ? (a) 30 (b) 22 (c) 29 (d) 36
- 3.50?9 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 4.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 42 days? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday
- 5.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 98 =
- 6.50 × 4 =
- 7.Double 62 =
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 9.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 43 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Thursday (c) Monday (d) Sunday
- 10.425 × 10 =
- 11.707? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 12.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 13.175 × ? = 1750
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 16 ? | 10 12 14 | 15 8 13. What is the missing number?
- 15.41 × 4 =
- 16.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 1. I got 19. What was my number?
- 17.In 2 years a boy will be 11 years old. How old was he 4 years ago?
- 18.If today is Thursday, what day was it 47 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Saturday (c) Sunday (d) Friday
- 19.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 20.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 25 =
- 21.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 74 =
- 22.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 18 (b) 39 (c) 42 (d) 24
- 23.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 9 14 | 15 11 7 | 8 13 12. What is the missing number?
- 24.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 8. I got 36. What was my number?
- 25.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 34 (b) 36 (c) 38 (d) 37
- 26.722 × ? = 7220
- 27.14 × 4 =
- 28.52 × 4 =
- 29.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 21 (b) 49 (c) 54 (d) 28
- 30.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 5 26 | 23 17 11 | 8 29 ?. What is the missing number?
- 31.The ages of two twins add up to 10. How old is each twin?
- 32.9 × 4 =
- 33.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 34.If today is Saturday, what day was it 26 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Monday
- 35.1?56 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 36.1?60 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 37.A girl is 8 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 9 years?
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 4 18 | ? 12 8 | 6 20 10. What is the missing number?
- 39.1234 × 9 + 5 =
- 40.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
Answer key
- 23
- 29
- 4
- Wednesday
- 4851
- 200
- 124
- 495
- Monday
- 4250
- 4
- 8
- 10
- 9
- 164
- 6
- 5
- Saturday
- 6
- 169
- 2775
- 39
- 10
- 7
- 36
- 10
- 56
- 208
- 54
- 14
- 5
- 36
- 2
- Monday
- 6
- 2
- 20
- 16
- 11111
- 3
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