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
- 1.12345679 × 45 =
- 2.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 3. I got 30. What was my number?
- 3.56 × 100 =
- 4.985 × ? = 9850
- 5.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 6.The 4th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 20th of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Thursday (c) Monday (d) Tuesday
- 7.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 8.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 9.9 × 5 =
- 10.Half of 142 =
- 11.A girl is 9 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
- 12.297 + 792 =
- 13.2 × 9 =
- 14.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 15.Take 83 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 16.10 × 9 =
- 17.Take 106. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.A girl is 8 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
- 19.11111 × 11111 =
- 20.1?13 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 21.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 22.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 3. I got 51. What was my number?
- 23.Think of 15. Multiply it by 4, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 24.Take 13 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 25.The 4th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 25th of the same month? (a) Tuesday (b) Monday (c) Friday (d) Wednesday
- 26.What comes next? 2, 6, 10, 14, ? (a) 14 (b) 19 (c) 22 (d) 18
- 27.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 15 =
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 9 12 | 3 15 27 | 18 21 6. What is the missing number?
- 29.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 95 =
- 30.111111 × 111111 =
- 31.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 49 (b) 42 (c) 48 (d) 36
- 32.495 × 10 =
- 33.23 × 4 =
- 34.123456 × 9 + 7 =
- 35.12345679 × 36 =
- 36.Take 32 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 37.What comes next? 12, 18, 24, 30, ? (a) 37 (b) 42 (c) 30 (d) 36
- 38.49 × 4 =
- 39.3 × 9 =
- 40.Take 518. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 555555555
- 9
- 5600
- 10
- 8
- Monday
- 0
- 3
- 45
- 71
- 20
- 1089
- 18
- 8
- 72
- 90
- 495
- 17
- 123454321
- 4
- 5
- 12
- 62
- 9
- Tuesday
- 18
- 64
- 24
- 4560
- 12345654321
- 48
- 4950
- 92
- 1111111
- 444444444
- 27
- 36
- 196
- 27
- 297
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