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.A girl is 8 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
- 2.What comes next? 1, 4, 7, 10, ? (a) 16 (b) 13 (c) 14 (d) 10
- 3.Double 72 =
- 4.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 33 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Sunday (c) Friday (d) Saturday
- 5.31 × 4 =
- 6.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 36 (b) 38 (c) 37 (d) 34
- 7.?50 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 8.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 57 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Sunday (c) Monday (d) Thursday
- 9.If today is Thursday, what day was it 31 days ago? (a) Monday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Thursday
- 10.Think of 7. Multiply it by 3, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 22 8 | 10 14 18 | 20 6 ?. What is the missing number?
- 12.11 × 11 =
- 13.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 87 days? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Tuesday
- 14.The 4th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 26th of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Wednesday (d) Tuesday
- 15.37 × 4 =
- 16.The ages of two twins add up to 30. How old is each twin?
- 17.Magic trick! Think of 20. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 20. What number do you get?
- 18.16 × 4 =
- 19.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 25 =
- 20.Double 62 =
- 21.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 35 14 | 17 23 29 | 32 11 ?. What is the missing number?
- 22.69?6 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 23.6 × 9 =
- 24.22 × ? = 22000
- 25.9 × 2 =
- 26.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Take 749. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.9 × 9 =
- 29.You have 5 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹7. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 30.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 8 13 | 10 ? 14 | 11 16 9. What is the missing number?
- 31.12345679 × 45 =
- 32.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 33.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 34.9 × 1 =
- 35.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 37 =
- 36.Take 71 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 37.The 9th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 17th of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Monday (c) Wednesday (d) Saturday
- 38.111111 × 111111 =
- 39.123456789 × 8 + 9 =
- 40.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 53 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Saturday
Answer key
- 19
- 13
- 144
- Saturday
- 124
- 36
- 4
- Monday
- Monday
- 29
- 16
- 121
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- 148
- 15
- 5
- 64
- 169
- 124
- 26
- 6
- 54
- 1000
- 18
- 891
- 198
- 81
- 2
- 12
- 555555555
- 5
- 9
- 9
- 361
- 63
- Sunday
- 12345654321
- 987654321
- Saturday
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