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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- 1.44 × 4 =
- 2.Think of 15. Multiply it by 4, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 3.?004 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 4.What comes next? 3, 8, 13, 18, ? (a) 18 (b) 23 (c) 24 (d) 28
- 5.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 6.6 × 9 =
- 7.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 48 (b) 36 (c) 42 (d) 49
- 8.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 4. I got 32. What was my number?
- 9.If today is Monday, what day was it 60 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Sunday (c) Wednesday (d) Friday
- 10.Take 820. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 1. I got 43. What was my number?
- 12.A father is 37 years old and his son is 8. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 13.11 × 4 =
- 14.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 47 =
- 15.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 7. I got 23. What was my number?
- 16.If today is Sunday, what day was it 51 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Friday (d) Monday
- 17.123456789 × 8 + 9 =
- 18.9 × 1 =
- 19.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 88 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Friday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
- 20.37 × 4 =
- 21.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 98 days? (a) Monday (b) Saturday (c) Wednesday (d) Sunday
- 22.11111 × 11111 =
- 23.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 24.56 × 4 =
- 25.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 18 8 22 | 20 ? 12 | 10 24 14. What is the missing number?
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 27.Take 73 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 28.A girl is 9 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
- 29.9 × 4 =
- 30.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 18 =
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 22 8 | 10 14 18 | 20 6 ?. What is the missing number?
- 32.11 × 11 =
- 33.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 27 =
- 34.9 × 2 =
- 35.Magic trick! Think of 10. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 10. What number do you get?
- 36.1234 × 9 + 5 =
- 37.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 ? 33 | 36 24 12 | 15 30 27. What is the missing number?
- 38.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 28 (b) 24 (c) 33 (d) 32
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 760: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Double 11 =
Answer key
- 176
- 61
- 5
- 23
- 6
- 54
- 48
- 14
- Thursday
- 792
- 14
- 29
- 44
- 576
- 4
- Friday
- 987654321
- 9
- Saturday
- 148
- Sunday
- 123454321
- 3
- 224
- 16
- 198
- 63
- 14
- 36
- 171
- 16
- 121
- 196
- 18
- 5
- 11111
- 18
- 32
- 1089
- 22
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