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
- 1.54 × 4 =
- 2.59 × 4 =
- 3.In 4 years a boy will be 17 years old. How old was he 2 years ago?
- 4.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 5.Double 72 =
- 6.60 × 4 =
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 8.Half of 192 =
- 9.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 43 days? (a) Friday (b) Tuesday (c) Wednesday (d) Monday
- 10.111111 × 111111 =
- 11.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 75 =
- 12.Take 720. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 91 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 14.805? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 15.Double 89 =
- 16.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 17.21 × 4 =
- 18.Double 81 =
- 19.12345 × 8 + 5 =
- 20.In 5 years a boy will be 13 years old. How old was he 3 years ago?
- 21.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 14 7 | 8 10 12 | 13 6 ?. What is the missing number?
- 22.9 × 6 =
- 23.A piggy bank has 11 coins of ₹5 and 3 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 24.40 × ? = 4000
- 25.You have 15 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹25. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 26.495 + 594 =
- 27.9 × 8 =
- 28.56 × 4 =
- 29.Take 12 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 30.A father is 40 years old and his son is 11. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 31.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 32.The 1st of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 27th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Saturday (c) Monday (d) Friday
- 33.11 × ? = 1100
- 34.Take 48 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 35.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 9. I got 48. What was my number?
- 36.9 × 9 =
- 37.A girl is 11 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 5 years?
- 38.Double 79 =
- 39.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 40.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
Answer key
- 216
- 236
- 11
- 2
- 144
- 240
- 198
- 96
- Tuesday
- 12345654321
- 2850
- 693
- 81
- 5
- 178
- 3
- 84
- 162
- 98765
- 5
- 11
- 54
- 61
- 100
- 10
- 1089
- 72
- 224
- 9
- 29
- 6
- Friday
- 100
- 36
- 13
- 81
- 19
- 158
- 7
- 2
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