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
- 1.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 87 =
- 2.Think of 13. Multiply it by 2, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 3.37 × 3 =
- 4.Double 35 =
- 5.43 × 100 =
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 850: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 17 =
- 8.9 × 9 =
- 9.A father is 30 years old and his son is 12. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 10.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 12 27 | 30 ? 6 | 9 24 21. What is the missing number?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 12.753 × 10 =
- 13.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 30 (b) 12 (c) 59 (d) 42
- 14.Double 34 =
- 15.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 10 12 | 6 ? 22 | 16 18 8. What is the missing number?
- 16.27 × 4 =
- 17.178 × 10 =
- 18.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 19.13 × 4 =
- 20.12345679 × 9 =
- 21.Double 17 =
- 22.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 6 16 | 18 10 2 | 4 14 12. What is the missing number?
- 23.Half of 32 =
- 24.A piggy bank has 12 coins of ₹5 and 2 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 25.23 × 4 =
- 26.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 27.A girl is 10 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 5 years?
- 28.9 × 4 =
- 29.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 30.6 × 9 =
- 31.1 × 9 =
- 32.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 34 (b) 36 (c) 38 (d) 37
- 33.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 3 8 7 | ? 6 2 | 5 4 9. What is the missing number?
- 34.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 65 (b) 64 (c) 66 (d) 62
- 35.39 × 100 =
- 36.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 49 days? (a) Friday (b) Saturday (c) Monday (d) Thursday
- 37.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 ? 15 | 18 14 10 | 13 12 17. What is the missing number?
- 38.51 × ? = 5100
- 39.A father is 30 years old and his son is 7. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 40.9 × 5 =
Answer key
- 3828
- 28
- 111
- 70
- 4300
- 1089
- 153
- 81
- 18
- 18
- 198
- 7530
- 59
- 68
- 14
- 108
- 1780
- 4
- 52
- 111111111
- 34
- 8
- 16
- 64
- 92
- 2
- 18
- 36
- 6
- 54
- 9
- 36
- 10
- 64
- 3900
- Friday
- 16
- 100
- 23
- 45
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