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.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 25 (b) 26 (c) 27 (d) 23
- 2.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 40 (b) 15 (c) 38 (d) 30
- 3.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 36 15 | 18 ? 30 | 33 12 27. What is the missing number?
- 4.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 83 (b) 82 (c) 79 (d) 81
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 147: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 23 13 | 11 ? 27 | 25 15 17. What is the missing number?
- 7.Double 38 =
- 8.37 × 21 =
- 9.Take 720. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 12 27 | 18 24 30 | 21 36 15. What is the missing number?
- 12.13 × 1000 =
- 13.627 × ? = 6270
- 14.891 + 198 =
- 15.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 16.You have 6 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹7. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 17.4 × 1000 =
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 14 12 | 18 10 2 | 8 6 16. What is the missing number?
- 19.633 × 10 =
- 20.If today is Friday, what day was it 11 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Monday (c) Thursday (d) Sunday
- 21.50 × 4 =
- 22.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 5 years?
- 23.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 33 =
- 24.40 × 4 =
- 25.Half of 154 =
- 26.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 27.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 88 days? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Monday (d) Wednesday
- 28.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 22. What was my number?
- 29.Take 730. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.9 × 1 =
- 31.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 44. What was my number?
- 32.32 × 100 =
- 33.9 × 9 =
- 34.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 90 =
- 35.8?27 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 36.22 × 4 =
- 37.12 × 4 =
- 38.A girl is 9 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 9 years?
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 4 ? 8 | 9 5 1 | 2 7 6. What is the missing number?
- 40.12345678 × 8 + 8 =
Answer key
- 25
- 38
- 24
- 81
- 1089
- 19
- 76
- 777
- 693
- 3
- 33
- 13000
- 10
- 1089
- 5
- 1
- 4000
- 4
- 6330
- Monday
- 200
- 12
- 289
- 160
- 77
- 5
- Sunday
- 10
- 693
- 9
- 20
- 3200
- 81
- 4095
- 1
- 88
- 48
- 21
- 3
- 98765432
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