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Maths tricks trick 15: Mixed trick challenge · Set 483 · 40 questions
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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. 1.28 × ? = 28000
  2. 2.If today is Monday, what day was it 51 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Tuesday (d) Friday
  3. 3.Magic trick! Think of 20. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 20. What number do you get?
  4. 4.You have 10 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹11. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
  5. 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. 6.10 × 4 =
  7. 7.7 × 9 =
  8. 8.What comes next? 19, 24, 29, 34, ? (a) 39 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) 40
  9. 9.Half of 72 =
  10. 10.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
  11. 11.Do the 1089 trick with 902: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  12. 12.Double 83 =
  13. 13.Half of 162 =
  14. 14.543 × 10 =
  15. 15.A piggy bank has 11 coins of ₹5 and 11 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
  16. 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. 17.If today is Saturday, what day was it 19 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) Thursday
  18. 18.9 × 3 =
  19. 19.Do the 1089 trick with 147: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  20. 20.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  21. 21.123 × 8 + 3 =
  22. 22.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 35 days? (a) Thursday (b) Wednesday (c) Sunday (d) Friday
  23. 23.37 × 4 =
  24. 24.In 6 years a boy will be 14 years old. How old was he 4 years ago?
  25. 25.47 × 4 =
  26. 26.Take 78 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
  27. 27.9 × 9 =
  28. 28.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 27 =
  29. 29.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
  30. 30.52 × 4 =
  31. 31.12345679 × 54 =
  32. 32.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
  33. 33.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 31 =
  34. 34.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 42. What was my number?
  35. 35.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 7. I got 67. What was my number?
  36. 36.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 38 (b) 36 (c) 34 (d) 37
  37. 37.A piggy bank has 2 coins of ₹5 and 4 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
  38. 38.2 × 9 =
  39. 39.8?4 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
  40. 40.111 × 111 =

Answer key

  1. 1000
  2. Saturday
  3. 7
  4. 1
  5. Sunday
  6. 40
  7. 63
  8. 39
  9. 36
  10. 6
  11. 1089
  12. 166
  13. 81
  14. 5430
  15. 77
  16. 2
  17. Monday
  18. 27
  19. 1089
  20. 1089
  21. 987
  22. Thursday
  23. 148
  24. 4
  25. 188
  26. 63
  27. 81
  28. 196
  29. 2
  30. 208
  31. 666666666
  32. 4
  33. 496
  34. 19
  35. 12
  36. 36
  37. 18
  38. 18
  39. 6
  40. 12321

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