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? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 48 (b) 36 (c) 42 (d) 49
- 2.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 51 days? (a) Sunday (b) Monday (c) Saturday (d) Wednesday
- 3.If today is Sunday, what day was it 49 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Sunday (c) Monday (d) Saturday
- 4.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 5.What comes next? 15, 24, 33, 42, ? (a) 42 (b) 51 (c) 60 (d) 52
- 6.37 × 3 =
- 7.A piggy bank has 11 coins of ₹5 and 10 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 8.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 9.9 × 4 =
- 10.Half of 78 =
- 11.?403 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 12.9 × 9 =
- 13.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 6 11 | 8 10 12 | 9 14 7. What is the missing number?
- 14.12345679 × 36 =
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 16.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 9 24 | 27 15 3 | ? 21 18. What is the missing number?
- 17.40 × 4 =
- 18.Double 18 =
- 19.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 24 10 20 | ? 18 22 | 16 26 12. What is the missing number?
- 20.A piggy bank has 10 coins of ₹5 and 14 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 21.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 49 =
- 22.12345679 × 27 =
- 23.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 24.A father is 36 years old and his son is 9. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 25.Half of 52 =
- 26.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 16 =
- 27.39 × 4 =
- 28.123456 × 8 + 6 =
- 29.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 20 10 | 16 12 8 | ? 4 18. What is the missing number?
- 30.648 × 10 =
- 31.12345 × 8 + 5 =
- 32.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 4 3 8 | 9 5 1 | 2 7 ?. What is the missing number?
- 33.9 × 2 =
- 34.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 11 13 | 7 ? 23 | 17 19 9. What is the missing number?
- 35.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 30 days? (a) Friday (b) Wednesday (c) Thursday (d) Sunday
- 36.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 37.The 2nd of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 12th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Tuesday
- 38.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 27 =
- 39.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 40.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 21 =
Answer key
- 48
- Sunday
- Sunday
- 2
- 51
- 111
- 75
- 7
- 36
- 39
- 2
- 81
- 13
- 444444444
- 495
- 6
- 160
- 36
- 14
- 78
- 625
- 333333333
- 9
- 27
- 26
- 136
- 156
- 987654
- 14
- 6480
- 98765
- 6
- 18
- 15
- Thursday
- 8
- Tuesday
- 196
- 396
- 121
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