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.Double 12 =
- 2.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 3.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 4 ? | 6 8 10 | 7 12 5. What is the missing number?
- 4.Half of 76 =
- 5.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 3 8 ? | 10 6 2 | 5 4 9. What is the missing number?
- 6.10 × 9 =
- 7.7 × 100 =
- 8.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 9.48 × ? = 4800
- 10.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 6 16 | 18 10 2 | ? 14 12. What is the missing number?
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 6 16 | 10 14 18 | ? 22 8. What is the missing number?
- 12.6 × 9 =
- 13.49 × 4 =
- 14.9 × 2 =
- 15.19 × 4 =
- 16.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 50 (b) 51 (c) 47 (d) 49
- 17.A father is 44 years old and his son is 5. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 18.1111 × 1111 =
- 19.22 × 1000 =
- 20.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 17 3 13 | 7 11 ? | 9 19 5. What is the missing number?
- 21.8?11 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 22.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 23 (b) 27 (c) 25 (d) 26
- 23.1234 × 8 + 4 =
- 24.447 × ? = 4470
- 25.Take 25 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 26.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 31 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Tuesday (c) Friday (d) Monday
- 27.A girl is 11 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
- 28.31?6 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 29.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 77 =
- 30.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 5 ? 9 | 15 11 7 | 13 3 17. What is the missing number?
- 31.51 × 4 =
- 32.41 × 4 =
- 33.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 34.Think of 7. Multiply it by 2, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 35.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 68 days? (a) Thursday (b) Saturday (c) Monday (d) Friday
- 36.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 63 =
- 37.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 14 7 | 8 10 ? | 13 6 11. What is the missing number?
- 38.A girl is 8 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 2 years?
- 39.If today is Friday, what day was it 50 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 40.7 × 9 =
Answer key
- 24
- 7
- 9
- 38
- 7
- 90
- 700
- 5
- 100
- 4
- 12
- 54
- 196
- 18
- 76
- 49
- 39
- 1234321
- 22000
- 15
- 8
- 25
- 9876
- 10
- 18
- Tuesday
- 17
- 8
- 3003
- 19
- 204
- 164
- 3
- 23
- Friday
- 2016
- 12
- 15
- Thursday
- 63
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