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.Double 39 =
- 2.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 66 (b) 64 (c) 62 (d) 65
- 3.52 × 4 =
- 4.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 14 (b) 17 (c) 12 (d) 16
- 5.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 1. I got 13. What was my number?
- 6.The 2nd of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 29th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) Thursday (d) Saturday
- 7.11 × 4 =
- 8.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 36 (b) 42 (c) 49 (d) 48
- 9.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 37 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 10
- 10.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 80 =
- 11.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 16. What was my number?
- 12.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 13.Double 67 =
- 14.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 35 =
- 15.Take 41 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 16.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 15 10 | 9 13 17 | 16 11 12. What is the missing number?
- 17.39 × 1000 =
- 18.Half of 66 =
- 19.37 × 21 =
- 20.Double 62 =
- 21.17 × 4 =
- 22.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 24.694? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 25.9 × 9 =
- 26.Take 792. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.1234 × 8 + 4 =
- 28.21 × 4 =
- 29.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 13 =
- 30.502? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 31.Take 902. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 60 =
- 33.Double 32 =
- 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 35.35 × 4 =
- 36.What comes next? 7, 16, 25, 34, ? (a) 43 (b) 44 (c) 52 (d) 34
- 37.38 × 4 =
- 38.Double 21 =
- 39.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 40 =
- 40.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
Answer key
- 78
- 64
- 208
- 16
- 6
- Friday
- 44
- 48
- 37
- 3240
- 5
- 2
- 134
- 630
- 36
- 14
- 39000
- 33
- 777
- 124
- 68
- 4
- 297
- 8
- 81
- 495
- 9876
- 84
- 91
- 2
- 693
- 1830
- 64
- 198
- 140
- 43
- 152
- 42
- 820
- 4
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