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 188 =
- 2.In 2 years a boy will be 10 years old. How old was he 7 years ago?
- 3.Double 26 =
- 4.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 5.21 × ? = 21000
- 6.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 57 days? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Saturday
- 7.123 × 8 + 3 =
- 8.Half of 52 =
- 9.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 52. What was my number?
- 10.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 30 days? (a) Friday (b) Wednesday (c) Sunday (d) Thursday
- 11.40 × 4 =
- 12.543 × 10 =
- 13.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 14.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 22 days? (a) Sunday (b) Friday (c) Saturday (d) Tuesday
- 15.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 95 days? (a) Thursday (b) Sunday (c) Friday (d) Wednesday
- 16.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 18 20 10 | 8 16 24 | 22 ? 14. What is the missing number?
- 17.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 ? 4 | 6 10 14 | 16 2 12. What is the missing number?
- 18.The ages of two twins add up to 16. How old is each twin?
- 19.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 20.If today is Monday, what day was it 13 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Monday (c) Friday (d) Tuesday
- 21.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 4 5 | ? 6 10 | 7 8 3. What is the missing number?
- 22.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 23.6 × 9 =
- 24.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 11 =
- 25.If today is Friday, what day was it 37 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Tuesday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 26.Double 63 =
- 27.Take 20 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 28.A father is 38 years old and his son is 14. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 29.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 25 (b) 23 (c) 26 (d) 27
- 30.4 × 9 =
- 31.Half of 148 =
- 32.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 13 28 | 31 19 7 | 10 25 22. What is the missing number?
- 33.51 × 100 =
- 34.8 × 1000 =
- 35.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 49 (b) 36 (c) 48 (d) 42
- 36.Half of 56 =
- 37.12345679 × 9 =
- 38.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 39.Take 38 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 40.?697 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
Answer key
- 94
- 1
- 52
- 3
- 1000
- Saturday
- 987
- 26
- 18
- Thursday
- 160
- 5430
- 8
- Saturday
- Thursday
- 12
- 18
- 8
- 9
- Tuesday
- 2
- 5
- 54
- 36
- Wednesday
- 126
- 18
- 24
- 25
- 36
- 74
- 16
- 5100
- 8000
- 48
- 28
- 111111111
- 495
- 27
- 5
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