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 8 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 8 years?
- 2.35 × 4 =
- 3.7 × 9 =
- 4.37 × 24 =
- 5.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 67 (b) 63 (c) 28 (d) 42
- 6.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 83 days? (a) Saturday (b) Tuesday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 7.A girl is 9 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 7 years?
- 8.9 × 10 =
- 9.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 17 14 ? | 32 20 8 | 11 26 23. What is the missing number?
- 10.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 85 =
- 11.396 + 693 =
- 12.796? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 13.If today is Thursday, what day was it 18 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Sunday (c) Saturday (d) Monday
- 14.29 × 4 =
- 15.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 ? 10 | 16 12 8 | 14 4 18. What is the missing number?
- 16.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 1. I got 21. What was my number?
- 17.37 × 6 =
- 18.1?70 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 19.Take 24 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 20.594 + 495 =
- 21.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 22.You have 5 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹6. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 23.76?4 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 24.Half of 158 =
- 25.Take 105. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 20 10 | 16 12 8 | 14 4 ?. What is the missing number?
- 27.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 28.50 × 100 =
- 29.Think of 15. Multiply it by 2, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 30.27 × 4 =
- 31.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 32.Double 71 =
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 34.Half of 52 =
- 35.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 36.You have 7 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹10. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 37.A piggy bank has 10 coins of ₹5 and 11 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 23 13 | 19 15 11 | ? 7 21. What is the missing number?
- 39.Double 13 =
- 40.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 66 (b) 65 (c) 62 (d) 64
Answer key
- 18
- 140
- 63
- 888
- 67
- Wednesday
- 22
- 90
- 29
- 3655
- 1089
- 5
- Sunday
- 116
- 20
- 4
- 222
- 1
- 18
- 1089
- 7
- 1
- 1
- 79
- 396
- 18
- 2
- 5000
- 38
- 108
- 7
- 142
- 792
- 26
- 3
- 3
- 72
- 17
- 26
- 64
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