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
- 1.12345679 × 27 =
- 2.28 × 4 =
- 3.123456 × 8 + 6 =
- 4.2 × 9 =
- 5.The 5th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 26th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Wednesday (c) Tuesday (d) Friday
- 6.54 × 100 =
- 7.56?1 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 8.Take 73 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 9.Half of 68 =
- 10.Think of 12. Multiply it by 3, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 11.What comes next? 20, 24, 28, 32, ? (a) 37 (b) 40 (c) 36 (d) 32
- 12.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 22 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Monday
- 13.12 × 8 + 2 =
- 14.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 15.91 × 100 =
- 16.A girl is 7 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 2 years?
- 17.Double 33 =
- 18.9 × 3 =
- 19.9 × 9 =
- 20.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 45 =
- 21.74 × 100 =
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 741: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 7 12 | ? 11 13 | 10 15 8. What is the missing number?
- 24.6 × 9 =
- 25.155 × 10 =
- 26.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 37 (b) 38 (c) 36 (d) 34
- 27.12345679 × 36 =
- 28.5 × 100 =
- 29.12345 × 8 + 5 =
- 30.Take 13 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 31.10 × 4 =
- 32.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 60 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Monday (c) Thursday (d) Sunday
- 33.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 68 =
- 34.The 1st of a month is a Friday. What day is the 28th of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Wednesday
- 35.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 36.Half of 64 =
- 37.What comes next? 10, 17, 24, 31, ? (a) 45 (b) 31 (c) 39 (d) 38
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 520: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 17 12 | ? 13 11 | 14 9 16. What is the missing number?
- 40.Take 78 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
Answer key
- 333333333
- 112
- 987654
- 18
- Tuesday
- 5400
- 6
- 63
- 34
- 37
- 36
- Tuesday
- 98
- 0
- 9100
- 15
- 66
- 27
- 81
- 529
- 7400
- 1089
- 9
- 54
- 1550
- 36
- 444444444
- 500
- 98765
- 9
- 40
- Monday
- 2346
- Thursday
- 594
- 32
- 38
- 1089
- 15
- 63
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