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
- 1.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 2.9 × 4 =
- 3.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 4.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 820: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.9 × 10 =
- 7.The 7th of a month is a Friday. What day is the 22nd of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Friday (c) Tuesday (d) Saturday
- 8.55 × 4 =
- 9.2 × 9 =
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 11.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 5. I got 50. What was my number?
- 12.A father is 30 years old and his son is 4. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 13.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 92 =
- 14.?870 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 15.Take 49 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 16.Magic trick! Think of 9. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 9. What number do you get?
- 17.192 × 10 =
- 18.601 × ? = 6010
- 19.12345679 × 72 =
- 20.12 × ? = 1200
- 21.A piggy bank has 4 coins of ₹5 and 11 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 22.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 23.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 56 (b) 48 (c) 65 (d) 64
- 24.The 8th of a month is a Friday. What day is the 26th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Monday (c) Tuesday (d) Friday
- 25.95? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 26.A father is 39 years old and his son is 13. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 27.3 × 9 =
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 ? 12 | 9 13 17 | 14 15 10. What is the missing number?
- 29.12 × 4 =
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 31.142 × ? = 1420
- 32.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 33.37 × 12 =
- 34.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 15 =
- 35.Double 74 =
- 36.Take 98 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 37.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 60 =
- 38.16 × ? = 1600
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 24 3 ? | 9 15 21 | 12 27 6. What is the missing number?
- 40.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 59 days? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Wednesday
Answer key
- 5
- 36
- 3
- 4
- 1089
- 90
- Saturday
- 220
- 18
- 792
- 15
- 26
- 4278
- 3
- 36
- 9
- 1920
- 10
- 888888888
- 100
- 42
- 4
- 64
- Tuesday
- 4
- 26
- 27
- 11
- 48
- 891
- 10
- 6
- 444
- 120
- 148
- 81
- 1830
- 100
- 18
- Thursday
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