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
- 1.883? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 3.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 4.Half of 152 =
- 5.9 × 4 =
- 6.37 × 9 =
- 7.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 16 (b) 17 (c) 12 (d) 14
- 8.What comes next? 36, 49, 64, 81, ? (a) 100 (b) 101 (c) 98 (d) 102
- 9.The ages of two twins add up to 28. How old is each twin?
- 10.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 24 9 12 | 3 15 27 | ? 21 6. What is the missing number?
- 11.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 12.?574 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 13.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 9 4 | 3 7 11 | 10 ? 6. What is the missing number?
- 14.2 × 9 =
- 15.Take 957. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 17.?61 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 18.15 × 1000 =
- 19.12345 × 9 + 6 =
- 20.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 50. What was my number?
- 21.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 14. What was my number?
- 22.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 7 8 | ? 9 13 | 10 11 6. What is the missing number?
- 23.640? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 24.66 × 100 =
- 25.3 × 9 =
- 26.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 67 =
- 27.Double 31 =
- 28.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 41 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Wednesday (c) Tuesday (d) Thursday
- 29.9 × 6 =
- 30.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 76 days? (a) Sunday (b) Tuesday (c) Monday (d) Thursday
- 31.Double 18 =
- 32.57 × 100 =
- 33.Take 59 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 34.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 6 11 | 12 8 4 | ? 10 9. What is the missing number?
- 35.4?87 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 36.9 × 7 =
- 37.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 31 =
- 38.5 × 9 =
- 39.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 40.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
Answer key
- 8
- 396
- 0
- 76
- 36
- 333
- 16
- 100
- 14
- 18
- 1
- 2
- 5
- 18
- 198
- 7
- 2
- 15000
- 111111
- 16
- 5
- 5
- 8
- 6600
- 27
- 2278
- 62
- Wednesday
- 54
- Monday
- 36
- 5700
- 45
- 5
- 8
- 63
- 496
- 45
- 6
- 1
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