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.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 79 days? (a) Saturday (b) Monday (c) Friday (d) Thursday
- 2.Half of 126 =
- 3.Half of 16 =
- 4.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 118: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Magic trick! Think of 8. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 8. What number do you get?
- 7.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 70 =
- 8.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 9.Take 99 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 10.111 × 111 =
- 11.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 90 =
- 12.23 × 4 =
- 13.A father is 37 years old and his son is 13. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 14.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 23 days? (a) Friday (b) Wednesday (c) Monday (d) Tuesday
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 16.9 × 9 =
- 17.27 × 4 =
- 18.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 42 =
- 19.47 × 4 =
- 20.Double 63 =
- 21.A piggy bank has 6 coins of ₹5 and 12 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 498: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 934: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Half of 184 =
- 25.The 3rd of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 21st of the same month? (a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday (c) Saturday (d) Thursday
- 26.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 17 ? 11 | 14 20 26 | 29 8 23. What is the missing number?
- 27.29?6 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 850: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.The ages of two twins add up to 26. How old is each twin?
- 30.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 2 7 6 | 9 5 ? | 4 3 8. What is the missing number?
- 32.111111 × 111111 =
- 33.254 × 10 =
- 34.Double 21 =
- 35.A father is 44 years old and his son is 12. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 36.A piggy bank has 11 coins of ₹5 and 15 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 37.69 × ? = 6900
- 38.What comes next? 6, 9, 12, 15, ? (a) 15 (b) 21 (c) 18 (d) 19
- 39.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 86 =
- 40.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
Answer key
- Friday
- 63
- 8
- 1
- 1089
- 4
- 2485
- 5
- 81
- 12321
- 4095
- 92
- 24
- Tuesday
- 198
- 81
- 108
- 903
- 188
- 126
- 54
- 1089
- 1089
- 92
- Wednesday
- 32
- 1
- 1089
- 13
- 7
- 1
- 12345654321
- 2540
- 42
- 32
- 85
- 100
- 18
- 3741
- 13
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