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.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 65 (b) 62 (c) 66 (d) 64
- 2.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 36 days? (a) Monday (b) Wednesday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
- 3.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 4.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 5.11 × 11 =
- 6.9 × 1 =
- 7.?114 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 8.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 48. What was my number?
- 9.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 24 (b) 28 (c) 33 (d) 32
- 10.1234567 × 8 + 7 =
- 11.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 12.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.346 × 10 =
- 14.7 × 9 =
- 15.Think of 9. Multiply it by 4, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 16.Take 29 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 17.A girl is 7 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
- 18.37 × 4 =
- 19.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 7. I got 27. What was my number?
- 20.4 × 9 =
- 21.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 18 33 | 36 24 12 | 15 30 ?. What is the missing number?
- 22.The 4th of a month is a Thursday. What day is the 23rd of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Monday (c) Wednesday (d) Tuesday
- 23.297 + 792 =
- 24.The 4th of a month is a Friday. What day is the 14th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Thursday
- 25.123456 × 8 + 6 =
- 26.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 27.669 × 10 =
- 28.11111 × 11111 =
- 29.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 30.3 × 9 =
- 31.A girl is 9 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 7 years?
- 32.60 × 4 =
- 33.12345 × 9 + 6 =
- 34.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
- 35.5 × 9 =
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 730: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 80 (b) 70 (c) 81 (d) 60
- 38.Magic trick! Think of 11. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 15 10 | 13 11 9 | 12 7 ?. What is the missing number?
- 40.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 42 days? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Friday (d) Monday
Answer key
- 64
- Sunday
- 8
- 4
- 121
- 9
- 3
- 18
- 32
- 9876543
- 8
- 891
- 3460
- 63
- 38
- 18
- 12
- 148
- 10
- 36
- 27
- Tuesday
- 1089
- Monday
- 987654
- 1
- 6690
- 123454321
- 2
- 27
- 19
- 240
- 111111
- 8
- 45
- 1089
- 80
- 9
- 14
- Friday
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