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
- 1.1111 × 1111 =
- 2.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 43 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Friday (c) Monday (d) Tuesday
- 3.69? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 4.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 5.9 × 8 =
- 6.9 × 10 =
- 7.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 17 (d) 16
- 8.Take 821. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.37 × 21 =
- 10.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 11.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 14 =
- 12.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 31 days? (a) Thursday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Sunday
- 13.12345 × 9 + 6 =
- 14.Half of 194 =
- 15.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 16.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 26 (b) 27 (c) 23 (d) 25
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 25 11 21 | 15 ? 23 | 17 27 13. What is the missing number?
- 19.What comes next? 16, 23, 30, 37, ? (a) 51 (b) 44 (c) 45 (d) 37
- 20.The ages of two twins add up to 10. How old is each twin?
- 21.9 × 4 =
- 22.427 × ? = 4270
- 23.Double 91 =
- 24.Think of 12. Multiply it by 4, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 25.Take 901. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.30 × ? = 30000
- 27.Half of 58 =
- 28.297 + 792 =
- 29.50 × 100 =
- 30.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 18 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 6 16 | 10 ? 18 | 12 22 8. What is the missing number?
- 32.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 19 ? | 7 11 15 | 17 3 13. What is the missing number?
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 34.888 × ? = 8880
- 35.What comes next? 8, 11, 14, 17, ? (a) 21 (b) 17 (c) 23 (d) 20
- 36.A girl is 8 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
- 37.Think of 8. Multiply it by 5, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 38.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 44 days? (a) Saturday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Friday
- 39.A father is 40 years old and his son is 7. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 40.In 3 years a boy will be 15 years old. How old was he 2 years ago?
Answer key
- 1234321
- Tuesday
- 3
- 2
- 72
- 90
- 16
- 693
- 777
- 8
- 105
- Thursday
- 111111
- 97
- 7
- 25
- 1089
- 19
- 44
- 5
- 36
- 10
- 182
- 54
- 792
- 1000
- 29
- 1089
- 5000
- 22
- 14
- 5
- 198
- 10
- 20
- 17
- 47
- Saturday
- 33
- 10
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