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.A girl is 9 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 5 years?
- 2.10 × 9 =
- 3.A girl is 10 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
- 4.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 65 (b) 62 (c) 66 (d) 64
- 5.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 6.9 × 9 =
- 7.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 7 years?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 9.Take 63 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 11.344 × 10 =
- 12.Take 78 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 13.Take 94 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 17 12 | 15 13 11 | 14 9 16. What is the missing number?
- 15.9 × 1000 =
- 16.639? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 17.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 79 (b) 81 (c) 82 (d) 83
- 18.8 × 1000 =
- 19.123 × 9 + 4 =
- 20.The ages of two twins add up to 10. How old is each twin?
- 21.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 11 =
- 22.Magic trick! Think of 20. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 20. What number do you get?
- 23.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 24.37 × 15 =
- 25.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 98 =
- 26.111 × 111 =
- 27.9 × 10 =
- 28.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 29.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 6 (b) 19 (c) 24 (d) 15
- 30.19 × 4 =
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 4 18 8 | 14 10 6 | 12 2 ?. What is the missing number?
- 32.42 × 4 =
- 33.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 20 6 | 8 12 16 | 18 4 14. What is the missing number?
- 34.48 × ? = 48000
- 35.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 36.43 × 4 =
- 37.Think of 2. Multiply it by 4, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 38.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 39.A piggy bank has 7 coins of ₹5 and 5 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 40.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 12 22 | 24 16 8 | 10 20 18. What is the missing number?
Answer key
- 16
- 90
- 17
- 64
- 8
- 81
- 17
- 297
- 54
- 594
- 3440
- 63
- 81
- 10
- 9000
- 9
- 81
- 8000
- 1111
- 5
- 66
- 7
- 0
- 555
- 4851
- 12321
- 90
- 1
- 19
- 76
- 16
- 168
- 10
- 1000
- 5
- 172
- 14
- 2
- 45
- 14
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