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.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 2.A girl is 9 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 5 years?
- 3.8 × 4 =
- 4.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 21 11 | ? 13 9 | 15 5 19. What is the missing number?
- 5.64?8 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 6.2 × 9 =
- 7.22 × 4 =
- 8.495 + 594 =
- 9.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 9. I got 29. What was my number?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 551: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.34 × 4 =
- 12.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 17 (d) 14
- 13.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 14.Think of 7. Multiply it by 2, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 15.Half of 102 =
- 16.Double 24 =
- 17.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 26 29 14 | 11 ? 35 | 32 17 20. What is the missing number?
- 18.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 19 =
- 19.37 × 6 =
- 20.A piggy bank has 12 coins of ₹5 and 11 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 21.Double 88 =
- 22.5?0 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 23.12345679 × 81 =
- 24.20 × 4 =
- 25.383 × ? = 3830
- 26.?15 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 27.54 × 4 =
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 8 ? | 20 12 4 | 6 16 14. What is the missing number?
- 29.1111 × 1111 =
- 30.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 48 (b) 65 (c) 56 (d) 64
- 31.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 81 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Thursday (c) Sunday (d) Friday
- 32.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 24. What was my number?
- 33.9 × 4 =
- 34.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 37 (b) 36 (c) 38 (d) 34
- 35.12 × 8 + 2 =
- 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 26 11 32 | 29 ? 17 | 14 35 20. What is the missing number?
- 37.What comes next? 36, 49, 64, 81, ? (a) 102 (b) 100 (c) 101 (d) 98
- 38.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 39.12345678 × 9 + 9 =
- 40.Think of 12. Multiply it by 5, then add 5. What number do you end with?
Answer key
- 5
- 18
- 32
- 17
- 9
- 18
- 88
- 1089
- 5
- 1089
- 136
- 16
- 8
- 18
- 51
- 48
- 23
- 100
- 222
- 82
- 176
- 4
- 999999999
- 80
- 10
- 3
- 216
- 18
- 1234321
- 64
- Thursday
- 9
- 36
- 36
- 98
- 23
- 100
- 9
- 111111111
- 65
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