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
- 1.56 × 4 =
- 2.Double 65 =
- 3.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 34 (b) 38 (c) 36 (d) 37
- 4.792 + 297 =
- 5.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 33 days? (a) Thursday (b) Friday (c) Monday (d) Saturday
- 6.854 × 10 =
- 7.59 × 4 =
- 8.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 2 16 | 14 10 6 | 4 18 ?. What is the missing number?
- 9.39 × 4 =
- 10.Double 89 =
- 11.18 × 100 =
- 12.7 × 4 =
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 917: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 7. I got 43. What was my number?
- 15.Think of 12. Multiply it by 5, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 16.1?3 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 17.37 × 9 =
- 18.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 19.Double 46 =
- 20.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 21.403? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 22.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 8 18 | 20 12 4 | 6 16 ?. What is the missing number?
- 23.6?93 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 24.23 × 4 =
- 25.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 26.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 27.15 × 1000 =
- 28.12 × 4 =
- 29.You have 12 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹13. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 30.Half of 164 =
- 31.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 32.The ages of two twins add up to 8. How old is each twin?
- 33.1234567 × 9 + 8 =
- 34.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 1. I got 76. What was my number?
- 35.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 3 8 7 | 10 6 2 | ? 4 9. What is the missing number?
- 36.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 37.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 11 12 | 9 13 17 | 14 15 ?. What is the missing number?
- 38.Half of 122 =
- 39.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 8. I got 24. What was my number?
- 40.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
Answer key
- 224
- 130
- 36
- 1089
- Friday
- 8540
- 236
- 8
- 156
- 178
- 1800
- 28
- 1089
- 12
- 69
- 5
- 333
- 9
- 92
- 8
- 2
- 14
- 9
- 92
- 8
- 3
- 15000
- 48
- 1
- 82
- 9
- 4
- 11111111
- 15
- 5
- 1
- 10
- 61
- 8
- 4
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