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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- 1.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 2.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.A father is 44 years old and his son is 14. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 4.A father is 32 years old and his son is 8. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 5.9 × 3 =
- 6.29 × ? = 29000
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 833: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Double 28 =
- 9.Take 93 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 10.906 × ? = 9060
- 11.?321 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 12.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 27 days? (a) Monday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Thursday
- 13.Half of 54 =
- 14.1 × 9 =
- 15.Take 12 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 16.Take 158. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.8 × 9 =
- 18.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 19.7 × 4 =
- 20.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 5 19 9 | ? 11 7 | 13 3 17. What is the missing number?
- 21.491 × ? = 4910
- 22.19 × 4 =
- 23.Half of 102 =
- 24.48 × 4 =
- 25.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 35 20 | 29 23 17 | 26 11 32. What is the missing number?
- 26.783 × 10 =
- 27.9 × 1 =
- 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 29.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 54 (b) 63 (c) 36 (d) 26
- 30.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 31.Magic trick! Think of 8. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 8. What number do you get?
- 32.A girl is 11 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
- 33.The 2nd of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 17th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Thursday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
- 34.12345679 × 72 =
- 35.Double 25 =
- 36.191 × ? = 1910
- 37.Take 88 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 38.9 × 8 =
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 13 8 | 7 11 15 | 14 9 10. What is the missing number?
- 40.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 27 =
Answer key
- 1
- 891
- 30
- 24
- 27
- 1000
- 1089
- 56
- 81
- 10
- 3
- Monday
- 27
- 9
- 9
- 693
- 72
- 6
- 28
- 15
- 10
- 76
- 51
- 192
- 14
- 7830
- 9
- 297
- 26
- 7
- 2
- 21
- Thursday
- 888888888
- 50
- 10
- 72
- 72
- 12
- 378
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