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.
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- 1.A father is 40 years old and his son is 5. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 2.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 9. I got 21. What was my number?
- 3.69 × ? = 6900
- 4.271 × 10 =
- 5.Take 820. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.8 × 4 =
- 7.123 × 9 + 4 =
- 8.If today is Thursday, what day was it 14 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Friday (c) Thursday (d) Sunday
- 9.Take 92 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 10.What comes next? 14, 20, 26, 32, ? (a) 39 (b) 44 (c) 32 (d) 38
- 11.Think of 5. Multiply it by 2, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 12.A piggy bank has 12 coins of ₹5 and 10 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 13.Half of 126 =
- 14.38 × 4 =
- 15.46 × 4 =
- 16.What comes next? 1, 5, 9, 13, ? (a) 13 (b) 21 (c) 18 (d) 17
- 17.Double 28 =
- 18.The ages of two twins add up to 18. How old is each twin?
- 19.9 × 9 =
- 20.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 21.45 × ? = 4500
- 22.12345679 × 81 =
- 23.3?74 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 24.16 × 4 =
- 25.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 95 days? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Friday (d) Monday
- 26.Double 31 =
- 27.Half of 194 =
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 23 8 | 5 17 ? | 26 11 14. What is the missing number?
- 29.4 × 9 =
- 30.What comes next? 17, 23, 29, 35, ? (a) 47 (b) 41 (c) 35 (d) 42
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 10 15 | 16 12 8 | 9 14 ?. What is the missing number?
- 32.904 × 10 =
- 33.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 34.Double 99 =
- 35.What comes next? 11, 13, 15, 17, ? (a) 17 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) 20
- 36.Take 23 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 37.What comes next? 7, 12, 17, 22, ? (a) 32 (b) 28 (c) 22 (d) 27
- 38.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 39.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 22. What was my number?
- 40.12345679 × 63 =
Answer key
- 35
- 6
- 100
- 2710
- 792
- 32
- 1111
- Thursday
- 81
- 38
- 16
- 80
- 63
- 152
- 184
- 17
- 56
- 9
- 81
- 3
- 100
- 999999999
- 4
- 64
- Friday
- 62
- 97
- 29
- 36
- 41
- 13
- 9040
- 5
- 198
- 19
- 18
- 27
- 7
- 8
- 777777777
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