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 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 2.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 80 days? (a) Thursday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Monday
- 3.15 × 4 =
- 4.?331 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 5.30 × 4 =
- 6.The ages of two twins add up to 12. How old is each twin?
- 7.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 9 24 | 27 ? 3 | 6 21 18. What is the missing number?
- 8.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 17 ? 29 | 32 20 8 | 11 26 23. What is the missing number?
- 9.10 × 9 =
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 217: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 12.40 × 4 =
- 13.A piggy bank has 12 coins of ₹5 and 14 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 14.What comes next? 19, 24, 29, 34, ? (a) 34 (b) 44 (c) 39 (d) 40
- 15.The 6th of a month is a Monday. What day is the 19th of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Monday (d) Wednesday
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 280: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.1111 × 1111 =
- 18.The 6th of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 21st of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) Tuesday
- 19.9 × 9 =
- 20.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 21.12345679 × 54 =
- 22.9 × 3 =
- 23.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 14 (b) 12 (c) 17 (d) 16
- 24.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 25.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 30 15 | 24 ? 12 | 21 6 27. What is the missing number?
- 26.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 27.28 × 1000 =
- 28.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 83 (b) 82 (c) 79 (d) 81
- 29.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 16 11 | 14 12 10 | 13 ? 15. What is the missing number?
- 30.Double 44 =
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 2 7 | 4 6 8 | 5 10 ?. What is the missing number?
- 32.47 × 4 =
- 33.A father is 33 years old and his son is 12. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 34.?230 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 35.Take 961. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Half of 38 =
- 37.194 × 10 =
- 38.Take 33 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 39.What comes next? 36, 49, 64, 81, ? (a) 102 (b) 101 (c) 100 (d) 98
- 40.Think of 6. Multiply it by 2, then add 3. What number do you end with?
Answer key
- 3
- Friday
- 60
- 2
- 120
- 6
- 15
- 14
- 90
- 1089
- 4
- 160
- 88
- 39
- Sunday
- 1089
- 1234321
- Monday
- 81
- 5
- 666666666
- 27
- 16
- 1
- 18
- 6
- 28000
- 81
- 8
- 88
- 3
- 188
- 21
- 4
- 792
- 19
- 1940
- 27
- 100
- 15
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