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.What comes next? 18, 27, 36, 45, ? (a) 63 (b) 55 (c) 54 (d) 45
- 2.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 2. I got 37. What was my number?
- 3.?586 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 4.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 26 29 14 | 11 23 35 | 32 ? 20. What is the missing number?
- 5.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 69 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Thursday (c) Saturday (d) Wednesday
- 6.123 × 9 + 4 =
- 7.Double 22 =
- 8.123456 × 9 + 7 =
- 9.123 × 8 + 3 =
- 10.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 11.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 7. I got 23. What was my number?
- 12.Take 93 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 13.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 73 =
- 14.950 × 10 =
- 15.45 × 4 =
- 16.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 9 =
- 17.Take 35 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 18.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
- 19.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 20.53 × 4 =
- 21.20 × 4 =
- 22.22 × 4 =
- 23.8 × 9 =
- 24.Half of 66 =
- 25.1111 × 1111 =
- 26.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 33 ? | 27 21 15 | 24 9 30. What is the missing number?
- 27.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 62 days? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Saturday (d) Tuesday
- 28.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 29.1 × 9 =
- 30.891 + 198 =
- 31.The 6th of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 28th of the same month? (a) Tuesday (b) Monday (c) Thursday (d) Sunday
- 32.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 22 8 ? | 12 16 20 | 14 24 10. What is the missing number?
- 33.18 × 4 =
- 34.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 41 =
- 35.29 × 4 =
- 36.A girl is 9 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 7 years?
- 37.3 × 9 =
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 5 10 | 11 7 ? | 4 9 8. What is the missing number?
- 39.Half of 92 =
- 40.9 × 4 =
Answer key
- 54
- 7
- 8
- 17
- Wednesday
- 1111
- 44
- 1111111
- 987
- 9
- 8
- 81
- 2701
- 9500
- 180
- 25
- 27
- 15
- 5
- 212
- 80
- 88
- 72
- 33
- 1234321
- 18
- Saturday
- 7
- 9
- 1089
- Monday
- 18
- 72
- 441
- 116
- 19
- 27
- 3
- 46
- 36
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