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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- 1.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 19 =
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 3.Take 31 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 4.Magic trick! Think of 17. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 17. What number do you get?
- 5.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 6.What comes next? 18, 25, 32, 39, ? (a) 53 (b) 47 (c) 39 (d) 46
- 7.What comes next? 20, 24, 28, 32, ? (a) 36 (b) 32 (c) 37 (d) 40
- 8.8 × 1000 =
- 9.?874 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 10.Take 43 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 11.Take 164. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 17 =
- 13.You have 6 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹11. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 14.1?34 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 15.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 16.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 24. What was my number?
- 17.Double 76 =
- 18.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 42 days ago? (a) Monday (b) Tuesday (c) Wednesday (d) Friday
- 19.A father is 40 years old and his son is 14. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 20.A girl is 6 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 7 years?
- 21.89 × 100 =
- 22.Double 25 =
- 23.10 × 9 =
- 24.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) 30 (d) 37
- 25.?170 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 26.11 × 4 =
- 27.37 × 27 =
- 28.Think of 9. Multiply it by 2, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 29.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 28 days? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Tuesday
- 30.2 × 9 =
- 31.37 × 1000 =
- 32.Half of 122 =
- 33.Double 35 =
- 34.Take 508. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 36.Half of 72 =
- 37.40? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 38.12345679 × 18 =
- 39.6?54 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 40.The 3rd of a month is a Monday. What day is the 17th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Tuesday
Answer key
- 100
- 594
- 27
- 7
- 1
- 46
- 36
- 8000
- 8
- 36
- 297
- 81
- 5
- 1
- 6
- 3
- 152
- Tuesday
- 26
- 18
- 8900
- 50
- 90
- 37
- 1
- 44
- 999
- 24
- Saturday
- 18
- 37000
- 61
- 70
- 297
- 7
- 36
- 5
- 222222222
- 3
- Monday
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