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 42 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Tuesday (c) Thursday (d) Saturday
- 2.Take 79 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 3.763 × 10 =
- 4.9 × 9 =
- 5.44 × 1000 =
- 6.9 × 4 =
- 7.Think of 4. Multiply it by 3, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 9.37 × 15 =
- 10.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 11.9 × 2 =
- 12.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 9 =
- 13.Think of 5. Multiply it by 3, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 14.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 4. I got 39. What was my number?
- 15.6 × 4 =
- 16.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 26 =
- 17.16 × ? = 16000
- 18.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 19.Double 51 =
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 782: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.12345679 × 54 =
- 22.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 58 =
- 23.Half of 182 =
- 24.Half of 194 =
- 25.12?0 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 26.Double 91 =
- 27.30 × 4 =
- 28.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 29.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 2 years?
- 30.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 66 days? (a) Thursday (b) Saturday (c) Wednesday (d) Tuesday
- 31.Take 86 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 32.Double 26 =
- 33.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 18. What was my number?
- 34.13 × 4 =
- 35.What comes next? 14, 18, 22, 26, ? (a) 31 (b) 30 (c) 34 (d) 26
- 36.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 70 (b) 81 (c) 60 (d) 80
- 37.The 5th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 30th of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Saturday (d) Tuesday
- 38.Half of 196 =
- 39.A piggy bank has 12 coins of ₹5 and 7 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 40.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 25 =
Answer key
- Wednesday
- 63
- 7630
- 81
- 44000
- 36
- 18
- 198
- 555
- 7
- 18
- 25
- 23
- 7
- 24
- 351
- 1000
- 2
- 102
- 1089
- 666666666
- 1711
- 91
- 97
- 6
- 182
- 120
- 3
- 13
- Wednesday
- 72
- 52
- 8
- 52
- 30
- 80
- Saturday
- 98
- 74
- 169
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