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
- 1.39 × ? = 39000
- 2.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 3.Take 218. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.5 × 9 =
- 5.What comes next? 5, 10, 15, 20, ? (a) 26 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) 25
- 6.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 25 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Sunday (c) Friday (d) Thursday
- 7.37 × 21 =
- 8.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 9.2 × 9 =
- 10.9 × 4 =
- 11.Half of 92 =
- 12.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 9 =
- 13.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 1 8 | 7 5 ? | 2 9 4. What is the missing number?
- 14.57 × 4 =
- 15.Take 34 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 16.37 × 6 =
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 840: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.111 × 111 =
- 20.Half of 108 =
- 21.Double 55 =
- 22.Half of 94 =
- 23.10 × 9 =
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 25.11111 × 11111 =
- 26.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 28 (b) 33 (c) 24 (d) 32
- 27.86?8 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 28.A piggy bank has 12 coins of ₹5 and 15 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 29.?260 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 30.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 43 =
- 31.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 32.57 × ? = 5700
- 33.Half of 182 =
- 34.You have 13 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹14. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 35.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 36. What was my number?
- 36.3 × 9 =
- 37.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 46 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) 10
- 38.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 14 (b) 17 (c) 16 (d) 12
- 39.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 47 =
- 40.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 38 days? (a) Monday (b) Thursday (c) Sunday (d) Tuesday
Answer key
- 1000
- 3
- 594
- 45
- 25
- Thursday
- 777
- 9
- 18
- 36
- 46
- 25
- 3
- 228
- 27
- 222
- 1089
- 1089
- 12321
- 54
- 110
- 47
- 90
- 891
- 123454321
- 32
- 5
- 90
- 1
- 484
- 5
- 100
- 91
- 1
- 17
- 27
- 46
- 16
- 1128
- Monday
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