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
- 1.58 × 4 =
- 2.396 + 693 =
- 3.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 48 (b) 36 (c) 49 (d) 42
- 4.95 × 100 =
- 5.12 × 8 + 2 =
- 6.Double 51 =
- 7.?832 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 8.25 × 4 =
- 9.73 × 100 =
- 10.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 11 14 | 5 17 29 | 20 23 8. What is the missing number?
- 12.The 1st of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 17th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Saturday (c) Thursday (d) Friday
- 13.?457 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 14.Half of 102 =
- 15.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 56 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Monday
- 16.Double 68 =
- 17.30 × 1000 =
- 18.What comes next? 2, 4, 6, 8, ? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 11
- 19.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 5. I got 57. What was my number?
- 20.In 5 years a boy will be 14 years old. How old was he 3 years ago?
- 21.16 × 4 =
- 22.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 86 days? (a) Thursday (b) Wednesday (c) Saturday (d) Tuesday
- 23.9 × 10 =
- 24.Take 199. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 70 (b) 60 (c) 81 (d) 80
- 26.Half of 42 =
- 27.37 × 6 =
- 28.19 × 4 =
- 29.Double 26 =
- 30.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 35 (b) 32 (c) 64 (d) 56
- 31.297 + 792 =
- 32.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 13 ? | 11 9 7 | 10 5 12. What is the missing number?
- 33.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 34.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 7. I got 15. What was my number?
- 35.37 × 27 =
- 36.25 × 1000 =
- 37.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 8 15 | 14 ? 10 | 9 16 11. What is the missing number?
- 38.54 × 4 =
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 30 15 | ? 18 12 | 21 6 27. What is the missing number?
- 40.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 14 (b) 12 (c) 17 (d) 16
Answer key
- 232
- 1089
- 48
- 9500
- 98
- 102
- 5
- 100
- 7300
- 0
- 26
- Friday
- 2
- 51
- Tuesday
- 136
- 30000
- 10
- 13
- 6
- 64
- Wednesday
- 90
- 792
- 80
- 21
- 222
- 76
- 52
- 35
- 1089
- 8
- 5
- 2
- 999
- 25000
- 12
- 216
- 24
- 16
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