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.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 23 21 | 27 ? 11 | 17 15 25. What is the missing number?
- 2.If today is Monday, what day was it 27 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Monday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday
- 3.6 × 4 =
- 4.Half of 82 =
- 5.A father is 41 years old and his son is 7. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 6.7 × 9 =
- 7.57 × 4 =
- 8.17 × 100 =
- 9.Think of 14. Multiply it by 4, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 10.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 44 =
- 11.Think of 14. Multiply it by 5, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 12.Double 51 =
- 13.Half of 166 =
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 25 11 | 13 17 21 | 23 ? 19. What is the missing number?
- 15.The 9th of a month is a Monday. What day is the 21st of the same month? (a) Tuesday (b) Friday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
- 16.A father is 31 years old and his son is 10. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 17.Double 31 =
- 18.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 52 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 20.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 21.Take 22 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 22.7 × 4 =
- 23.693 + 396 =
- 24.Half of 68 =
- 25.34 × 1000 =
- 26.The ages of two twins add up to 24. How old is each twin?
- 27.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 12 17 | 18 ? 10 | 11 16 15. What is the missing number?
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 ? 11 | 8 10 12 | 9 14 7. What is the missing number?
- 29.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 10 11 | 8 12 16 | 13 14 9. What is the missing number?
- 30.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 67 =
- 31.Double 95 =
- 32.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 75 =
- 33.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 17 =
- 34.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 61 days? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday
- 35.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 48 (b) 36 (c) 49 (d) 42
- 36.37 × 9 =
- 37.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 70 (b) 60 (c) 81 (d) 80
- 38.12345679 × 54 =
- 39.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 9 =
- 40.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
Answer key
- 19
- Tuesday
- 24
- 41
- 34
- 63
- 228
- 1700
- 64
- 990
- 74
- 102
- 83
- 9
- Saturday
- 21
- 62
- 891
- 45
- 2
- 18
- 28
- 1089
- 34
- 34000
- 12
- 14
- 6
- 15
- 2278
- 190
- 2850
- 81
- Wednesday
- 48
- 333
- 80
- 666666666
- 45
- 1
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