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
- 1.58 × 4 =
- 2.What comes next? 1, 8, 15, 22, ? (a) 30 (b) 36 (c) 29 (d) 22
- 3.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 4.Half of 86 =
- 5.9 × 3 =
- 6.28 × 4 =
- 7.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
- 8.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 24 3 18 | ? 15 21 | 12 27 6. What is the missing number?
- 9.54 × 4 =
- 10.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 37 days? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Friday (d) Monday
- 11.123456 × 8 + 6 =
- 12.11111 × 11111 =
- 13.Take 81 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 14.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 66 (b) 64 (c) 62 (d) 65
- 15.What comes next? 8, 11, 14, 17, ? (a) 21 (b) 17 (c) 23 (d) 20
- 16.2 × 9 =
- 17.Double 66 =
- 18.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 5. I got 29. What was my number?
- 19.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 26 =
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 428: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.?065 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 22.626 × ? = 6260
- 23.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 18 4 14 | 8 12 16 | 10 20 ?. What is the missing number?
- 24.7 × 4 =
- 25.11 × 11 =
- 26.A girl is 6 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 4 years?
- 27.43 × 4 =
- 28.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 45 days? (a) Sunday (b) Friday (c) Tuesday (d) Saturday
- 29.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 30.6 × 4 =
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 24 10 ? | 14 18 22 | 16 26 12. What is the missing number?
- 32.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 33.In 6 years a boy will be 15 years old. How old was he 2 years ago?
- 34.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 35.6 × 9 =
- 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 21 11 | 17 13 9 | 15 5 19. What is the missing number?
- 37.?015 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 38.792 + 297 =
- 39.12 × 8 + 2 =
- 40.10 × 9 =
Answer key
- 232
- 29
- 1
- 43
- 27
- 112
- 11
- 9
- 216
- Friday
- 987654
- 123454321
- 72
- 64
- 20
- 18
- 132
- 8
- 351
- 1089
- 7
- 10
- 6
- 28
- 121
- 15
- 172
- Saturday
- 5
- 24
- 20
- 594
- 7
- 4
- 54
- 7
- 3
- 1089
- 98
- 90
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