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
- 1.28 × ? = 28000
- 2.If today is Monday, what day was it 51 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Tuesday (d) Friday
- 3.Magic trick! Think of 20. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 20. What number do you get?
- 4.You have 10 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹11. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 5.The 1st of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 30th of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Wednesday (c) Monday (d) Saturday
- 6.10 × 4 =
- 7.7 × 9 =
- 8.What comes next? 19, 24, 29, 34, ? (a) 39 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) 40
- 9.Half of 72 =
- 10.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 902: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Double 83 =
- 13.Half of 162 =
- 14.543 × 10 =
- 15.A piggy bank has 11 coins of ₹5 and 11 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 16.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 9 4 | 7 5 3 | 6 1 8. What is the missing number?
- 17.If today is Saturday, what day was it 19 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) Thursday
- 18.9 × 3 =
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 147: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.123 × 8 + 3 =
- 22.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 35 days? (a) Thursday (b) Wednesday (c) Sunday (d) Friday
- 23.37 × 4 =
- 24.In 6 years a boy will be 14 years old. How old was he 4 years ago?
- 25.47 × 4 =
- 26.Take 78 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 27.9 × 9 =
- 28.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 27 =
- 29.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 30.52 × 4 =
- 31.12345679 × 54 =
- 32.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 33.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 31 =
- 34.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 42. What was my number?
- 35.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 7. I got 67. What was my number?
- 36.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 38 (b) 36 (c) 34 (d) 37
- 37.A piggy bank has 2 coins of ₹5 and 4 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 38.2 × 9 =
- 39.8?4 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 40.111 × 111 =
Answer key
- 1000
- Saturday
- 7
- 1
- Sunday
- 40
- 63
- 39
- 36
- 6
- 1089
- 166
- 81
- 5430
- 77
- 2
- Monday
- 27
- 1089
- 1089
- 987
- Thursday
- 148
- 4
- 188
- 63
- 81
- 196
- 2
- 208
- 666666666
- 4
- 496
- 19
- 12
- 36
- 18
- 18
- 6
- 12321
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