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.Double 34 =
- 2.You have 9 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹14. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 3.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 16 15 | 18 14 10 | 13 ? 17. What is the missing number?
- 4.9 × 6 =
- 5.12345679 × 9 =
- 6.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 17 10 15 | ? 14 16 | 13 18 11. What is the missing number?
- 7.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 8.Half of 38 =
- 9.Magic trick! Think of 10. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 10. What number do you get?
- 10.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.176 × 10 =
- 12.The 8th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 18th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Thursday (c) Saturday (d) Friday
- 13.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 14.Half of 32 =
- 15.23?3 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 16.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.26 × 4 =
- 18.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 19.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 2 7 6 | 9 5 ? | 4 3 8. What is the missing number?
- 20.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 74 =
- 21.9 × 5 =
- 22.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 26 11 32 | 29 23 17 | 14 35 ?. What is the missing number?
- 23.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 24.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 24 21 | 30 ? 6 | 15 12 27. What is the missing number?
- 25.17 × 4 =
- 26.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 24. What was my number?
- 27.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 28.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 208: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.If today is Saturday, what day was it 33 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) Thursday
- 31.12345679 × 18 =
- 32.What comes next? 8, 10, 12, 14, ? (a) 18 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) 17
- 33.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 50. What was my number?
- 34.Double 91 =
- 35.What comes next? 4, 7, 10, 13, ? (a) 19 (b) 13 (c) 17 (d) 16
- 36.6 × 9 =
- 37.Take 855. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 8 23 | 14 20 26 | 17 32 11. What is the missing number?
- 39.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 40.33 × 4 =
Answer key
- 68
- 5
- 12
- 54
- 111111111
- 12
- 4
- 19
- 9
- 891
- 1760
- Friday
- 3
- 16
- 1
- 891
- 104
- 7
- 1
- 2775
- 45
- 20
- 8
- 18
- 68
- 10
- 4
- 2
- 1089
- Monday
- 222222222
- 16
- 20
- 182
- 16
- 54
- 297
- 29
- 1
- 132
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