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.Take 396. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Double 51 =
- 3.5 × ? = 5000
- 4.297 + 792 =
- 5.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 6.17 × 4 =
- 7.Take 600. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 25 =
- 9.6 × 9 =
- 10.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 11.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 24 (b) 33 (c) 32 (d) 28
- 12.Take 510. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.52 × 4 =
- 14.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 15.In 6 years a boy will be 14 years old. How old was he 3 years ago?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 540: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.9 × 4 =
- 18.592 × 10 =
- 19.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 19 17 | 23 15 ? | 13 11 21. What is the missing number?
- 20.Double 32 =
- 21.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 22.The 7th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 22nd of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Sunday (c) Wednesday (d) Monday
- 23.Take 52 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 24.89?2 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 25.889 × 10 =
- 26.What comes next? 6, 10, 14, 18, ? (a) 22 (b) 18 (c) 23 (d) 26
- 27.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 72 (b) 45 (c) 18 (d) 20
- 28.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 29.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 35 =
- 30.Take 492. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 16 11 | 14 12 10 | 13 8 ?. What is the missing number?
- 32.13 × 4 =
- 33.2?63 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 34.9 × 7 =
- 35.16 × 4 =
- 36.899 × ? = 8990
- 37.649 × ? = 6490
- 38.The 6th of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 23rd of the same month? (a) Tuesday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
- 39.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 40.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 22 12 | 10 18 26 | ? 14 16. What is the missing number?
Answer key
- 297
- 102
- 1000
- 1089
- 2
- 68
- 594
- 169
- 54
- 9
- 32
- 495
- 208
- 4
- 5
- 1089
- 36
- 5920
- 7
- 64
- 1
- Sunday
- 45
- 8
- 8890
- 22
- 20
- 6
- 630
- 198
- 15
- 52
- 7
- 63
- 64
- 10
- 10
- Saturday
- 7
- 24
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