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
- 1.297 + 792 =
- 2.A girl is 12 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 5 years?
- 3.21 × 1000 =
- 4.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 50 (b) 47 (c) 49 (d) 51
- 5.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 6.Half of 72 =
- 7.A girl is 6 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 4 years?
- 8.Half of 56 =
- 9.6?58 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 10.Take 741. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.The 8th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 24th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Monday (c) Tuesday (d) Sunday
- 12.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 13.32 × 4 =
- 14.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 16 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday (c) Saturday (d) Thursday
- 15.Think of 12. Multiply it by 5, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 16.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 2. I got 52. What was my number?
- 17.A piggy bank has 5 coins of ₹5 and 3 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 18.The 8th of a month is a Monday. What day is the 19th of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Monday (c) Saturday (d) Thursday
- 19.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 3. I got 36. What was my number?
- 20.Double 59 =
- 21.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 11 21 | 23 15 7 | 9 19 17. What is the missing number?
- 22.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 23.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 24.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 25.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 26.939 × 10 =
- 27.26 × 4 =
- 28.Half of 152 =
- 29.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 26 11 32 | 29 23 17 | 14 35 ?. What is the missing number?
- 30.12345679 × 54 =
- 31.What comes next? 12, 19, 26, 33, ? (a) 41 (b) 33 (c) 47 (d) 40
- 32.You have 5 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹9. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 33.A girl is 7 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
- 34.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 28 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Thursday (c) Wednesday (d) Saturday
- 35.9 × 3 =
- 36.29 × 1000 =
- 37.The 6th of a month is a Thursday. What day is the 14th of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Saturday (c) Monday (d) Thursday
- 38.54 × 4 =
- 39.55 × 4 =
- 40.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 ? 22 | 24 16 8 | 10 20 18. What is the missing number?
Answer key
- 1089
- 23
- 21000
- 49
- 2
- 36
- 16
- 28
- 8
- 594
- Monday
- 5
- 128
- Wednesday
- 69
- 10
- 31
- Friday
- 11
- 118
- 13
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 7
- 9390
- 104
- 76
- 20
- 666666666
- 40
- 4
- 15
- Wednesday
- 27
- 29000
- Friday
- 216
- 220
- 12
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