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
- 1.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 96 =
- 2.What comes next? 18, 21, 24, 27, ? (a) 31 (b) 27 (c) 33 (d) 30
- 3.78 × 100 =
- 4.123 × 9 + 4 =
- 5.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 4 years?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 601: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.37 × 3 =
- 8.52?9 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 9.Take 730. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 67 =
- 11.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 8. I got 32. What was my number?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Half of 182 =
- 14.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 15.A girl is 10 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 7 years?
- 16.Double 38 =
- 17.76 × 10 =
- 18.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 15 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Friday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
- 19.812? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 20.Take 86 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 21.198 + 891 =
- 22.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 9 10 | 7 ? 15 | 12 13 8. What is the missing number?
- 23.What comes next? 17, 25, 33, 41, ? (a) 49 (b) 50 (c) 57 (d) 41
- 24.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 28 (b) 24 (c) 32 (d) 33
- 25.41 × 1000 =
- 26.Double 83 =
- 27.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 30 (b) 52 (c) 12 (d) 24
- 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 29.26 × 4 =
- 30.1234567 × 9 + 8 =
- 31.Double 78 =
- 32.46?5 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 33.What comes next? 2, 11, 20, 29, ? (a) 38 (b) 39 (c) 47 (d) 29
- 34.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 44 (b) 35 (c) 28 (d) 42
- 35.1234 × 8 + 4 =
- 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 24 14 | 20 16 12 | 18 ? 22. What is the missing number?
- 37.2?81 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 38.40 × 4 =
- 39.4 × 9 =
- 40.?787 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
Answer key
- 4656
- 30
- 7800
- 1111
- 11
- 1089
- 111
- 2
- 693
- 2278
- 6
- 1089
- 91
- 9
- 21
- 76
- 760
- Saturday
- 7
- 72
- 1089
- 11
- 49
- 32
- 41000
- 166
- 52
- 198
- 104
- 11111111
- 156
- 3
- 38
- 44
- 9876
- 8
- 7
- 160
- 36
- 5
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