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.If today is Friday, what day was it 19 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Sunday (c) Monday (d) Saturday
- 2.9 × 9 =
- 3.Double 98 =
- 4.26 × 1000 =
- 5.In 5 years a boy will be 19 years old. How old was he 2 years ago?
- 6.Take 96 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 7.37 × 24 =
- 8.The 5th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 25th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) Saturday (d) Thursday
- 9.495 + 594 =
- 10.951 × 10 =
- 11.Think of 8. Multiply it by 5, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 12.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 32. What was my number?
- 13.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 49 =
- 14.Magic trick! Think of 8. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 8. What number do you get?
- 15.792 + 297 =
- 16.A girl is 9 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
- 17.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 51 (b) 47 (c) 49 (d) 50
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 32 17 20 | 11 ? 35 | 26 29 14. What is the missing number?
- 19.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 20.A father is 38 years old and his son is 6. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 21.250 × ? = 2500
- 22.The ages of two twins add up to 10. How old is each twin?
- 23.3 × 1000 =
- 24.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 21 =
- 25.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 26.23 × 4 =
- 27.9 × 8 =
- 28.Double 34 =
- 29.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 21 =
- 30.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 97 =
- 31.1111 × 1111 =
- 32.14 × 1000 =
- 33.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 34.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 35.Double 48 =
- 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 17 19 9 | 7 15 23 | 21 11 ?. What is the missing number?
- 37.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 38.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 41 =
- 39.9 × 10 =
- 40.Take 280. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- Sunday
- 81
- 196
- 26000
- 12
- 81
- 888
- Friday
- 1089
- 9510
- 43
- 11
- 625
- 7
- 1089
- 17
- 49
- 23
- 4
- 32
- 10
- 5
- 3000
- 121
- 1
- 92
- 72
- 68
- 231
- 4753
- 1234321
- 14000
- 8
- 9
- 96
- 13
- 5
- 441
- 90
- 198
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