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
- 1.38 × 100 =
- 2.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 3.346 × ? = 3460
- 4.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 5.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 ? 12 | 14 18 22 | 24 10 20. What is the missing number?
- 6.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 28. What was my number?
- 7.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 13 =
- 8.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 16 14 | 20 12 4 | 10 ? 18. What is the missing number?
- 9.Half of 102 =
- 10.12 × 9 + 3 =
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 ? 11 | 10 8 6 | 5 12 7. What is the missing number?
- 12.The ages of two twins add up to 26. How old is each twin?
- 13.Take 812. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 3 4 | 1 5 9 | 6 7 ?. What is the missing number?
- 15.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 29 8 | 11 17 ? | 26 5 20. What is the missing number?
- 16.751 × 10 =
- 17.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 50 =
- 18.111111 × 111111 =
- 19.292 × 10 =
- 20.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 21 days? (a) Saturday (b) Wednesday (c) Monday (d) Sunday
- 21.The ages of two twins add up to 18. How old is each twin?
- 22.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 81 (b) 82 (c) 83 (d) 79
- 23.9 × 4 =
- 24.The 9th of a month is a Monday. What day is the 17th of the same month? (a) Tuesday (b) Monday (c) Wednesday (d) Friday
- 25.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 24 (b) 32 (c) 33 (d) 28
- 26.6 × 4 =
- 27.Double 43 =
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 6 16 | 18 10 2 | 4 14 ?. What is the missing number?
- 29.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 30.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 81 =
- 31.Double 97 =
- 32.You have 7 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹8. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 33.43 × 4 =
- 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 35.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 7 =
- 36.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 37.46 × 4 =
- 38.A father is 37 years old and his son is 6. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 39.21 × 4 =
- 40.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 24 10 | 12 16 ? | 22 8 18. What is the missing number?
Answer key
- 3800
- 7
- 10
- 0
- 26
- 9
- 49
- 8
- 51
- 111
- 4
- 13
- 594
- 2
- 23
- 7510
- 1275
- 12345654321
- 2920
- Sunday
- 9
- 81
- 36
- Tuesday
- 32
- 24
- 86
- 12
- 4
- 3321
- 194
- 1
- 172
- 396
- 28
- 2
- 184
- 31
- 84
- 20
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