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
- 1.396 + 693 =
- 2.13 × 4 =
- 3.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 80 =
- 4.37 × 27 =
- 5.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 6.9 × 3 =
- 7.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 8 =
- 8.Take 46 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 9.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 8. I got 22. What was my number?
- 10.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 21 =
- 11.12345679 × 63 =
- 12.3 × 9 =
- 13.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 18 13 | 16 14 12 | 15 ? 17. What is the missing number?
- 14.Half of 134 =
- 15.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 24 ? 12 | 3 15 27 | 18 21 6. What is the missing number?
- 16.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 1. I got 17. What was my number?
- 17.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 92 =
- 18.34 × 4 =
- 19.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 66 =
- 20.12345 × 9 + 6 =
- 21.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 12 14 | 8 16 24 | 18 20 10. What is the missing number?
- 22.A girl is 7 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 4 years?
- 23.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 24.9 × 8 =
- 25.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 62 =
- 26.6 × 9 =
- 27.What comes next? 14, 20, 26, 32, ? (a) 44 (b) 32 (c) 39 (d) 38
- 28.Think of 5. Multiply it by 3, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 29.Take 780. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.3?4 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 31.Take 22 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 32.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 33.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 34.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 35.The 5th of a month is a Friday. What day is the 27th of the same month? (a) Tuesday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
- 36.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
- 37.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 22 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Monday
- 38.Magic trick! Think of 17. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 17. What number do you get?
- 39.778 × 10 =
- 40.Take 73 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 52
- 3240
- 999
- 1
- 27
- 36
- 36
- 7
- 121
- 777777777
- 27
- 10
- 67
- 9
- 8
- 4278
- 136
- 2211
- 111111
- 22
- 13
- 6
- 72
- 1953
- 54
- 38
- 20
- 693
- 2
- 18
- 7
- 3
- 7
- Saturday
- 12
- Monday
- 9
- 7780
- 63
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