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 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 2.Double 83 =
- 3.594 + 495 =
- 4.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 30 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Tuesday (c) Monday (d) Friday
- 5.9 × 1 =
- 6.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 64 (b) 56 (c) 48 (d) 65
- 7.10 × 4 =
- 8.What comes next? 9, 18, 27, 36, ? (a) 54 (b) 46 (c) 45 (d) 36
- 9.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 31 =
- 10.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 50 =
- 11.In 3 years a boy will be 13 years old. How old was he 2 years ago?
- 12.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 5 10 | 11 7 3 | 4 9 ?. What is the missing number?
- 13.11111 × 11111 =
- 14.14 × 4 =
- 15.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 5 26 | 23 17 11 | 8 ? 14. What is the missing number?
- 16.The ages of two twins add up to 30. How old is each twin?
- 17.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 8. I got 22. What was my number?
- 18.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 36 days? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Tuesday (d) Friday
- 19.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 20.111 × 111 =
- 21.Double 81 =
- 22.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 24 =
- 23.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 24.20 × 4 =
- 25.52 × 4 =
- 26.6 × 4 =
- 27.29 × 4 =
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 570: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Double 84 =
- 30.1 × 9 =
- 31.37 × 6 =
- 32.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 33.?575 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 34.18 × 100 =
- 35.39 × ? = 39000
- 36.What comes next? 18, 27, 36, 45, ? (a) 54 (b) 63 (c) 55 (d) 45
- 37.46 × 4 =
- 38.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 39.8 × 4 =
- 40.9 × 8 =
Answer key
- 9
- 166
- 1089
- Tuesday
- 9
- 64
- 40
- 45
- 256
- 1275
- 8
- 8
- 123454321
- 56
- 29
- 15
- 7
- Saturday
- 9
- 12321
- 162
- 300
- 2
- 80
- 208
- 24
- 116
- 1089
- 168
- 9
- 222
- 297
- 1
- 1800
- 1000
- 54
- 184
- 5
- 32
- 72
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