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 99 =
- 2.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 37 (b) 34 (c) 38 (d) 36
- 3.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 80 =
- 4.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 44. What was my number?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 6.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 30 days? (a) Thursday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Monday
- 7.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 24 (b) 33 (c) 32 (d) 28
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 9.2 × 100 =
- 10.34 × 1000 =
- 11.56 × 4 =
- 12.37 × 24 =
- 13.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 14.10 × 4 =
- 15.15 × 4 =
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 790. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.6 × 9 =
- 19.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 11 6 | ? 9 13 | 12 7 8. What is the missing number?
- 20.What comes next? 1, 6, 11, 16, ? (a) 21 (b) 22 (c) 26 (d) 16
- 21.123456 × 9 + 7 =
- 22.The 3rd of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 27th of the same month? (a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday (c) Saturday (d) Thursday
- 23.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 76 =
- 24.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 56 =
- 25.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 4. I got 16. What was my number?
- 26.If today is Saturday, what day was it 51 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Sunday (c) Friday (d) Wednesday
- 27.Magic trick! Think of 9. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 9. What number do you get?
- 28.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 47 (b) 51 (c) 49 (d) 50
- 29.89 × 100 =
- 30.A piggy bank has 5 coins of ₹5 and 10 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 31.Half of 134 =
- 32.8 × 9 =
- 33.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 34.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 24 27 12 | 9 ? 33 | 30 15 18. What is the missing number?
- 35.36 × 1000 =
- 36.9 × 4 =
- 37.111 × 111 =
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 34 19 | 28 ? 16 | 25 10 31. What is the missing number?
- 39.12345679 × 36 =
- 40.37 × 27 =
Answer key
- 198
- 36
- 3240
- 13
- 693
- Monday
- 32
- 198
- 200
- 34000
- 224
- 888
- 7
- 40
- 60
- 1089
- 693
- 54
- 5
- 21
- 1111111
- Wednesday
- 2926
- 1596
- 4
- Thursday
- 4
- 49
- 8900
- 45
- 67
- 72
- 9
- 21
- 36000
- 36
- 12321
- 22
- 444444444
- 999
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