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.
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- 1.Take 945. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.6 × 9 =
- 3.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 43 =
- 4.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 5.36 × ? = 36000
- 6.A father is 33 years old and his son is 6. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 7.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 8.198 + 891 =
- 9.396 + 693 =
- 10.The 3rd of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 29th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Friday (c) Monday (d) Saturday
- 11.495 + 594 =
- 12.Take 268. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.9 × 1 =
- 14.What comes next? 7, 16, 25, 34, ? (a) 34 (b) 52 (c) 43 (d) 44
- 15.Take 43 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 16.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 17.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 10 15 | 16 12 8 | 9 14 ?. What is the missing number?
- 18.791? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 19.516 × 10 =
- 20.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 8 13 | 10 12 14 | ? 16 9. What is the missing number?
- 21.32 × 4 =
- 22.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 3 17 | 15 11 7 | 5 ? 9. What is the missing number?
- 23.1234 × 8 + 4 =
- 24.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
- 25.Double 17 =
- 26.37 × 12 =
- 27.693 + 396 =
- 28.If today is Sunday, what day was it 18 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Tuesday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 29.3 × 9 =
- 30.891 + 198 =
- 31.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 36 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) 19
- 32.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 9 16 | 15 13 11 | 10 17 12. What is the missing number?
- 33.33 × 10 =
- 34.Half of 22 =
- 35.Double 49 =
- 36.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 34 =
- 37.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 70 =
- 38.Double 57 =
- 39.A girl is 10 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 8 years?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 850: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 396
- 54
- 946
- 4
- 1000
- 27
- 5
- 1089
- 1089
- Friday
- 1089
- 594
- 9
- 43
- 36
- 9
- 13
- 1
- 5160
- 11
- 128
- 19
- 9876
- 7
- 34
- 444
- 1089
- Wednesday
- 27
- 1089
- 19
- 14
- 330
- 11
- 98
- 595
- 2485
- 114
- 21
- 1089
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