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.Double 96 =
- 2.9 × 1 =
- 3.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 4.5 × 9 =
- 5.19 × 4 =
- 6.8 × 4 =
- 7.123456 × 9 + 7 =
- 8.49 × 4 =
- 9.The ages of two twins add up to 10. How old is each twin?
- 10.You have 10 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹17. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 11.What comes next? 9, 11, 13, 15, ? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) 19 (d) 18
- 12.Double 58 =
- 13.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 14.?105 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 15.Half of 42 =
- 16.12 × 9 + 3 =
- 17.45 × 1000 =
- 18.Half of 72 =
- 19.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 47 (b) 51 (c) 50 (d) 49
- 20.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 21.37 × 4 =
- 22.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 7 ? | 19 11 3 | 5 15 13. What is the missing number?
- 23.37 × 15 =
- 24.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 23 13 ? | 9 17 25 | 19 21 11. What is the missing number?
- 25.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 26.9 × 2 =
- 27.63 × ? = 630
- 28.A piggy bank has 8 coins of ₹5 and 11 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 29.13 × 4 =
- 30.Half of 178 =
- 31.If today is Sunday, what day was it 39 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Saturday (c) Thursday (d) Wednesday
- 32.37 × 18 =
- 33.Take 801. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.891 + 198 =
- 35.658 × 10 =
- 36.Think of 8. Multiply it by 5, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 37.What comes next? 19, 28, 37, 46, ? (a) 64 (b) 56 (c) 55 (d) 46
- 38.In 3 years a boy will be 15 years old. How old was he 5 years ago?
- 39.Think of 8. Multiply it by 3, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 40.13?5 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
Answer key
- 192
- 9
- 5
- 45
- 76
- 32
- 1111111
- 196
- 5
- 7
- 17
- 116
- 1
- 3
- 21
- 111
- 45000
- 36
- 49
- 5
- 148
- 17
- 555
- 15
- 594
- 18
- 10
- 62
- 52
- 89
- Wednesday
- 666
- 693
- 1089
- 6580
- 42
- 55
- 7
- 31
- 9
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