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
- 1.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 2.Take 30 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 3.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 4.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 35 20 | 29 23 17 | ? 11 32. What is the missing number?
- 5.9 × 8 =
- 6.12345679 × 45 =
- 7.Half of 16 =
- 8.You have 6 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹8. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 9.12 × 9 + 3 =
- 10.13 × 1000 =
- 11.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 69 =
- 12.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 23 (b) 25 (c) 26 (d) 27
- 13.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 82 (b) 79 (c) 81 (d) 83
- 14.891 + 198 =
- 15.495 + 594 =
- 16.2 × 9 =
- 17.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 24 days? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Wednesday
- 18.In 6 years a boy will be 18 years old. How old was he 3 years ago?
- 19.1234 × 8 + 4 =
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 729: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.70?1 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 22.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 34 13 | 16 22 28 | ? 10 25. What is the missing number?
- 23.650 × 10 =
- 24.9 × 5 =
- 25.Think of 2. Multiply it by 4, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 26.7 × 9 =
- 27.122? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 28.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 25 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Thursday (c) Wednesday (d) Saturday
- 29.4?3 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 30.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 31.727? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 32.Half of 184 =
- 33.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 74 days? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Wednesday
- 34.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 8 3 | 2 6 10 | 9 4 ?. What is the missing number?
- 35.In 6 years a boy will be 17 years old. How old was he 6 years ago?
- 36.A girl is 7 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 8 years?
- 37.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 30 27 | 36 24 12 | 21 ? 33. What is the missing number?
- 38.Take 71 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 39.Think of 5. Multiply it by 3, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 40.462 × 10 =
Answer key
- 2
- 27
- 8
- 26
- 72
- 555555555
- 8
- 2
- 111
- 13000
- 2415
- 25
- 81
- 1089
- 1089
- 18
- Thursday
- 9
- 9876
- 1089
- 1
- 31
- 6500
- 45
- 12
- 63
- 4
- Wednesday
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 92
- Thursday
- 5
- 5
- 19
- 18
- 63
- 16
- 4620
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