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
- 1.1 × 9 =
- 2.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 7. I got 34. What was my number?
- 3.54 × 10 =
- 4.56 × 100 =
- 5.11 × 1000 =
- 6.7 × 9 =
- 7.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 34 =
- 8.111 × 111 =
- 9.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 10.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 86 =
- 11.Take 21 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 12.Take 599. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.3 × 9 =
- 14.Half of 22 =
- 15.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 92 days? (a) Friday (b) Tuesday (c) Monday (d) Wednesday
- 16.Double 93 =
- 17.22 × 4 =
- 18.12 × 1000 =
- 19.12 × 4 =
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 21.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 93 days? (a) Thursday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Sunday
- 22.9 × 3 =
- 23.Take 37 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 24.83 × ? = 8300
- 25.In 5 years a boy will be 19 years old. How old was he 4 years ago?
- 26.12345 × 8 + 5 =
- 27.11 × ? = 11000
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 28 7 22 | ? 19 25 | 16 31 10. What is the missing number?
- 29.111111 × 111111 =
- 30.9 × 5 =
- 31.40 × 1000 =
- 32.?633 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 33.1111 × 1111 =
- 34.9 × 2 =
- 35.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 26 ? 14 | 5 17 29 | 20 23 8. What is the missing number?
- 36.53 × 4 =
- 37.477? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 38.9 × 6 =
- 39.In 2 years a boy will be 14 years old. How old was he 2 years ago?
- 40.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 22 8 18 | 12 16 20 | 14 ? 10. What is the missing number?
Answer key
- 9
- 9
- 540
- 5600
- 11000
- 63
- 595
- 12321
- 5
- 3741
- 18
- 396
- 27
- 11
- Tuesday
- 186
- 88
- 12000
- 48
- 495
- Thursday
- 27
- 27
- 100
- 10
- 98765
- 1000
- 13
- 12345654321
- 45
- 40000
- 6
- 1234321
- 18
- 11
- 212
- 9
- 54
- 10
- 24
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