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
- 1.218 × 10 =
- 2.1234 × 8 + 4 =
- 3.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 35 =
- 4.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 72 days? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday
- 5.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 3. I got 11. What was my number?
- 6.9 × 4 =
- 7.188 × 10 =
- 8.42 × 4 =
- 9.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 10.A father is 41 years old and his son is 12. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 11.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 63 =
- 12.12345678 × 9 + 9 =
- 13.6 × 4 =
- 14.What comes next? 2, 10, 18, 26, ? (a) 34 (b) 26 (c) 35 (d) 42
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 16.37 × 3 =
- 17.40 × 1000 =
- 18.9 × 10 =
- 19.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 20.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 84 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Thursday (c) Sunday (d) Monday
- 21.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 18 20 10 | 8 16 24 | 22 ? 14. What is the missing number?
- 22.675 × 10 =
- 23.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 3 10 | 9 7 ? | 4 11 6. What is the missing number?
- 24.25 × 1000 =
- 25.8?8 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 26.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 38 =
- 27.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 28.Think of 4. Multiply it by 2, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 30.What comes next? 36, 49, 64, 81, ? (a) 98 (b) 101 (c) 102 (d) 100
- 31.What comes next? 8, 15, 22, 29, ? (a) 29 (b) 43 (c) 36 (d) 37
- 32.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 2. I got 10. What was my number?
- 33.3 × 9 =
- 34.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 35.12345679 × 63 =
- 36.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 20 (b) 15 (c) 10 (d) 23
- 37.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 10 ? | 22 18 14 | 12 26 16. What is the missing number?
- 38.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 35 =
- 39.44 × ? = 44000
- 40.37 × 9 =
Answer key
- 2180
- 9876
- 630
- Tuesday
- 2
- 36
- 1880
- 168
- 7
- 29
- 2016
- 111111111
- 24
- 34
- 198
- 111
- 40000
- 90
- 3
- Monday
- 12
- 6750
- 5
- 25000
- 2
- 741
- 10
- 10
- 396
- 100
- 36
- 2
- 27
- 4
- 777777777
- 23
- 24
- 324
- 1000
- 333
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