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, multiplied it by 5 and added 2. I got 52. What was my number?
- 2.If today is Saturday, what day was it 38 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday (c) Saturday (d) Thursday
- 3.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 8 =
- 4.21 × 4 =
- 5.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 10. What was my number?
- 6.Half of 162 =
- 7.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 27 =
- 8.13 × 4 =
- 9.49 × 4 =
- 10.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 49 days? (a) Sunday (b) Monday (c) Saturday (d) Wednesday
- 11.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 12.The 1st of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 25th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Friday (c) Saturday (d) Monday
- 13.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 14.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 37 days? (a) Thursday (b) Wednesday (c) Sunday (d) Friday
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 16.58 × 4 =
- 17.4 × 9 =
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 15 8 | 9 11 13 | 14 7 12. What is the missing number?
- 19.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 48 (b) 32 (c) 35 (d) 24
- 20.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 2 9 | 8 6 4 | 3 10 5. What is the missing number?
- 21.16 × 1000 =
- 22.If today is Sunday, what day was it 9 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Saturday (c) Thursday (d) Monday
- 23.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 24.Take 27 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 25.The 8th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 22nd of the same month? (a) Tuesday (b) Friday (c) Monday (d) Wednesday
- 26.Take 125. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
- 28.107 × 10 =
- 29.9 × 5 =
- 30.Take 36 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 31.2 × 9 =
- 32.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 49 (b) 48 (c) 42 (d) 36
- 33.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 43 =
- 34.198 × 10 =
- 35.16 × 4 =
- 36.Take 53 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 37.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 39 =
- 38.What comes next? 11, 18, 25, 32, ? (a) 39 (b) 32 (c) 46 (d) 40
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 4 9 | 6 8 10 | ? 12 5. What is the missing number?
- 40.37 × 12 =
Answer key
- 10
- Wednesday
- 36
- 84
- 3
- 81
- 378
- 52
- 196
- Sunday
- 6
- Friday
- 9
- Thursday
- 594
- 232
- 36
- 10
- 35
- 7
- 16000
- Friday
- 2
- 18
- Tuesday
- 396
- 11
- 1070
- 45
- 27
- 18
- 48
- 946
- 1980
- 64
- 45
- 780
- 39
- 7
- 444
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