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
- 1.17 × 4 =
- 2.8 × 9 =
- 3.Half of 172 =
- 4.91 × ? = 9100
- 5.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 61 =
- 6.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 22 7 | 4 16 28 | 25 ? 13. What is the missing number?
- 7.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 9 =
- 8.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 9.51 × 4 =
- 10.Take 187. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.6 × 9 =
- 12.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 31 =
- 13.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 4 5 | 2 6 10 | ? 8 3. What is the missing number?
- 14.Double 54 =
- 15.26 × ? = 26000
- 16.?008 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 17.A girl is 7 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 5 years?
- 18.Double 85 =
- 19.9 × 2 =
- 20.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 21.What comes next? 15, 23, 31, 39, ? (a) 39 (b) 55 (c) 48 (d) 47
- 22.Half of 196 =
- 23.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 24.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 17 =
- 25.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 87 =
- 26.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 27.123 × 8 + 3 =
- 28.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 60 (b) 70 (c) 80 (d) 81
- 29.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 30.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 31.511 × 10 =
- 32.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 33.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 34.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 35.51?5 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 36.35 × 4 =
- 37.What comes next? 7, 15, 23, 31, ? (a) 31 (b) 47 (c) 40 (d) 39
- 38.Think of 11. Multiply it by 2, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 39.37 × 12 =
- 40.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
Answer key
- 68
- 72
- 86
- 100
- 1891
- 10
- 25
- 7
- 204
- 594
- 54
- 256
- 7
- 108
- 1000
- 1
- 14
- 170
- 18
- 1
- 47
- 98
- 3
- 81
- 3828
- 4
- 987
- 80
- 8
- 2
- 5110
- 396
- 7
- 4
- 7
- 140
- 39
- 31
- 444
- 6
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