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.The 5th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 23rd of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Tuesday (c) Friday (d) Saturday
- 2.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 3.395 × ? = 3950
- 4.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 12 =
- 5.Magic trick! Think of 8. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 8. What number do you get?
- 6.12345 × 8 + 5 =
- 7.Take 402. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Think of 2. Multiply it by 3, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 9.12345678 × 9 + 9 =
- 10.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 48 =
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 18 21 6 | 3 15 ? | 24 9 12. What is the missing number?
- 12.Take 801. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.A girl is 8 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 5 years?
- 14.What comes next? 11, 16, 21, 26, ? (a) 36 (b) 32 (c) 26 (d) 31
- 15.Half of 198 =
- 16.57 × 4 =
- 17.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 18.What comes next? 17, 24, 31, 38, ? (a) 38 (b) 46 (c) 45 (d) 52
- 19.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 20.9 × 1 =
- 21.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 22.7 × 9 =
- 23.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 14 (b) 12 (c) 17 (d) 16
- 24.12345679 × 81 =
- 25.21?2 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 26.What comes next? 18, 23, 28, 33, ? (a) 43 (b) 39 (c) 33 (d) 38
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 399: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.89 × ? = 8900
- 29.297 + 792 =
- 30.4?49 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 31.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 30. What was my number?
- 32.Take 440. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.A father is 35 years old and his son is 4. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 34.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 27 days? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Tuesday
- 35.14 × 4 =
- 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 22 ? | 10 18 26 | 24 14 16. What is the missing number?
- 37.Think of 8. Multiply it by 4, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 9 14 | 11 13 15 | 12 17 ?. What is the missing number?
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 12 17 | ? 14 10 | 11 16 15. What is the missing number?
- 40.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 26 (b) 27 (c) 25 (d) 23
Answer key
- Saturday
- 4
- 10
- 78
- 3
- 98765
- 198
- 13
- 111111111
- 1176
- 27
- 693
- 17
- 31
- 99
- 228
- 4
- 45
- 9
- 9
- 4
- 63
- 16
- 999999999
- 4
- 38
- 1089
- 100
- 1089
- 1
- 13
- 396
- 31
- Saturday
- 56
- 12
- 34
- 10
- 18
- 25
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