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.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 47 (b) 49 (c) 50 (d) 51
- 2.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 21 =
- 3.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 4.Take 15 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 5.8 × ? = 800
- 6.Double 13 =
- 7.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 43 =
- 8.35 × 1000 =
- 9.?544 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 10.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 11.12 × 9 + 3 =
- 12.6?16 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 13.121 × ? = 1210
- 14.The 1st of a month is a Friday. What day is the 30th of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Friday
- 15.What comes next? 11, 17, 23, 29, ? (a) 41 (b) 36 (c) 35 (d) 29
- 16.Take 27 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 17.8 × 4 =
- 18.The ages of two twins add up to 30. How old is each twin?
- 19.13 × ? = 13000
- 20.Half of 96 =
- 21.?138 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 22.Think of 3. Multiply it by 2, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 23.16 × 1000 =
- 24.If today is Sunday, what day was it 49 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Saturday (c) Monday (d) Sunday
- 25.12 × 4 =
- 26.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 98 =
- 27.Think of 5. Multiply it by 3, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 28.8 × 9 =
- 29.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 5. I got 15. What was my number?
- 30.297 + 792 =
- 31.321 × 10 =
- 32.47 × 4 =
- 33.If today is Monday, what day was it 57 days ago? (a) Monday (b) Saturday (c) Sunday (d) Wednesday
- 34.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 90 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Thursday (c) Sunday (d) Monday
- 35.17 × 4 =
- 36.497 × 10 =
- 37.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 18 13 | 16 14 12 | 15 10 ?. What is the missing number?
- 38.3 × 9 =
- 39.Magic trick! Think of 11. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 40.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 25 15 | 21 17 ? | 19 9 23. What is the missing number?
Answer key
- 49
- 121
- 4
- 9
- 100
- 26
- 484
- 35000
- 5
- 7
- 111
- 5
- 10
- Saturday
- 35
- 18
- 32
- 15
- 1000
- 48
- 6
- 7
- 16000
- Sunday
- 48
- 4851
- 18
- 72
- 5
- 1089
- 3210
- 188
- Sunday
- Monday
- 68
- 4970
- 17
- 27
- 4
- 13
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