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.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 59 days? (a) Friday (b) Thursday (c) Sunday (d) Wednesday
- 2.12345678 × 8 + 8 =
- 3.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 4.98? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 5.111 × 111 =
- 6.306 × 10 =
- 7.9 × 2 =
- 8.Double 11 =
- 9.12345679 × 72 =
- 10.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 67 days? (a) Sunday (b) Thursday (c) Monday (d) Tuesday
- 11.A father is 38 years old and his son is 11. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 12.Magic trick! Think of 9. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 9. What number do you get?
- 13.9 × 10 =
- 14.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 15.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 27 =
- 16.14 × 4 =
- 17.17 × 4 =
- 18.1 × 9 =
- 19.6 × 4 =
- 20.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 7 6 | 9 5 1 | 4 3 8. What is the missing number?
- 21.60 × 4 =
- 22.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 34. What was my number?
- 23.The ages of two twins add up to 10. How old is each twin?
- 24.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 69 =
- 25.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 26.8 × 4 =
- 27.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 49 (b) 42 (c) 48 (d) 36
- 28.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 59 =
- 29.9 × 8 =
- 30.8 × 9 =
- 31.9 × 9 =
- 32.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 7. I got 21. What was my number?
- 33.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 21 19 | ? 17 9 | 15 13 23. What is the missing number?
- 34.What comes next? 14, 17, 20, 23, ? (a) 29 (b) 23 (c) 27 (d) 26
- 35.77?0 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 36.7 × 4 =
- 37.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 53 =
- 38.Half of 106 =
- 39.111111 × 111111 =
- 40.396 + 693 =
Answer key
- Thursday
- 98765432
- 8
- 1
- 12321
- 3060
- 18
- 22
- 888888888
- Monday
- 27
- 8
- 90
- 1
- 378
- 56
- 68
- 9
- 24
- 2
- 240
- 14
- 5
- 2415
- 4
- 32
- 48
- 1770
- 72
- 72
- 81
- 7
- 25
- 26
- 4
- 28
- 1431
- 53
- 12345654321
- 1089
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