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
- 1.32 × 4 =
- 2.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 21 =
- 3.896? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 4.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 19 =
- 5.In 6 years a boy will be 17 years old. How old was he 7 years ago?
- 6.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 15 5 | 3 11 19 | ? 7 9. What is the missing number?
- 7.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 50 =
- 8.12345679 × 72 =
- 9.9 × 100 =
- 10.96 × 100 =
- 11.889? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 12.56 × 4 =
- 13.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 14.Take 309. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Half of 82 =
- 16.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 15 18 | 9 21 33 | 24 27 12. What is the missing number?
- 17.Take 76 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 18.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 27 (b) 54 (c) 81 (d) 68
- 19.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 20.4 × 9 =
- 21.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 9 =
- 22.12345679 × 9 =
- 23.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 24.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 20 6 | 8 12 16 | 18 4 ?. What is the missing number?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 895: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 11 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 27.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 10 15 | 16 12 8 | 9 14 ?. What is the missing number?
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 5 10 | 11 7 3 | 4 9 8. What is the missing number?
- 29.253 × ? = 2530
- 30.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 7 14 | 13 11 9 | 8 15 10. What is the missing number?
- 31.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 4. I got 14. What was my number?
- 32.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 33.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 58 days? (a) Friday (b) Wednesday (c) Tuesday (d) Monday
- 34.9 × 1 =
- 35.Take 284. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 33 ? 27 | 18 24 30 | 21 36 15. What is the missing number?
- 37.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 4. I got 12. What was my number?
- 38.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 27 (b) 21 (c) 18 (d) 36
- 39.If today is Friday, what day was it 31 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Friday (c) Tuesday (d) Monday
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 610: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 128
- 121
- 4
- 190
- 4
- 17
- 1275
- 888888888
- 900
- 9600
- 2
- 224
- 5
- 594
- 41
- 30
- 63
- 68
- 1
- 36
- 45
- 111111111
- 9
- 14
- 1089
- 9
- 13
- 6
- 10
- 12
- 5
- 9
- Tuesday
- 9
- 198
- 12
- 4
- 21
- Tuesday
- 1089
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