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
- 1.16 × 4 =
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 892: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 54. What was my number?
- 4.123 × ? = 1230
- 5.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 9 =
- 6.834 × ? = 8340
- 7.9 × 5 =
- 8.Think of 7. Multiply it by 5, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 9.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 45 =
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 11.558 × ? = 5580
- 12.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 12 days? (a) Saturday (b) Tuesday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
- 13.Double 44 =
- 14.What comes next? 36, 49, 64, 81, ? (a) 102 (b) 101 (c) 100 (d) 98
- 15.20 × 4 =
- 16.The 3rd of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 16th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Tuesday (c) Monday (d) Sunday
- 17.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 59 =
- 18.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 19.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 64 (b) 65 (c) 56 (d) 48
- 20.Half of 168 =
- 21.12345679 × 45 =
- 22.29 × 10 =
- 23.A girl is 6 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 4 years?
- 24.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 46. What was my number?
- 25.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 26.Take 114. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Take 452. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 45 =
- 29.Double 76 =
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 244: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 43 =
- 32.693 + 396 =
- 33.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 62 days? (a) Thursday (b) Friday (c) Monday (d) Saturday
- 34.100 × 10 =
- 35.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 23 8 | ? 17 29 | 26 11 14. What is the missing number?
- 36.9 × 9 =
- 37.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 18 21 6 | 3 15 27 | 24 9 ?. What is the missing number?
- 39.2 × 9 =
- 40.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 ? 20 | 29 23 17 | 26 11 32. What is the missing number?
Answer key
- 64
- 1089
- 20
- 10
- 25
- 10
- 45
- 38
- 529
- 198
- 10
- Saturday
- 88
- 100
- 80
- Monday
- 1770
- 3
- 64
- 84
- 555555555
- 290
- 13
- 14
- 4
- 297
- 198
- 1035
- 152
- 1089
- 484
- 1089
- Friday
- 1000
- 5
- 81
- 8
- 12
- 18
- 35
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