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.Half of 98 =
- 2.Take 235. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.29 × 1000 =
- 4.Double 61 =
- 5.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 6.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 11 =
- 7.A father is 30 years old and his son is 8. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 8.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 14 =
- 9.45 × 1000 =
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 11.10 × 9 =
- 12.Take 52 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 13.792 + 297 =
- 14.7 × ? = 7000
- 15.9 × 7 =
- 16.Double 81 =
- 17.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) 24 (d) 12
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 8 9 | 6 10 14 | 11 ? 7. What is the missing number?
- 19.Magic trick! Think of 11. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 20.In 4 years a boy will be 18 years old. How old was he 7 years ago?
- 21.Double 21 =
- 22.12345679 × 36 =
- 23.9 × 3 =
- 24.Double 53 =
- 25.60 × ? = 6000
- 26.478 × 10 =
- 27.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 28.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 25 4 19 | ? 16 22 | 13 28 7. What is the missing number?
- 30.123456 × 9 + 7 =
- 31.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 47 =
- 32.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 33.5 × 9 =
- 34.Think of 13. Multiply it by 3, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 35.8 × ? = 8000
- 36.Take 419. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 18 4 | 6 ? 14 | 16 2 12. What is the missing number?
- 39.Take 54 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 40.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
Answer key
- 49
- 297
- 29000
- 122
- 6
- 36
- 22
- 105
- 45000
- 594
- 90
- 45
- 1089
- 1000
- 63
- 162
- 7
- 12
- 9
- 7
- 42
- 444444444
- 27
- 106
- 100
- 4780
- 7
- 891
- 10
- 1111111
- 1128
- 6
- 45
- 44
- 1000
- 495
- 9
- 10
- 45
- 8
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