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.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 ? 6 | 9 15 21 | 24 3 18. What is the missing number?
- 2.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 25 =
- 3.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 12 22 | 24 16 8 | 10 ? 18. What is the missing number?
- 4.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 8 13 | ? 10 6 | 7 12 11. What is the missing number?
- 5.9 × 7 =
- 6.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 53 =
- 7.12345679 × 27 =
- 8.297 + 792 =
- 9.The ages of two twins add up to 22. How old is each twin?
- 10.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 36 (b) 48 (c) 42 (d) 49
- 11.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 47 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Wednesday
- 12.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 16 ? | 10 12 14 | 15 8 13. What is the missing number?
- 13.911 × ? = 9110
- 14.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 16.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 6 (b) 21 (c) 19 (d) 12
- 17.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 49 days? (a) Sunday (b) Tuesday (c) Thursday (d) Monday
- 18.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 33 (b) 28 (c) 24 (d) 32
- 19.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 23 21 | 27 19 ? | 17 15 25. What is the missing number?
- 20.10 × 4 =
- 21.5 × 9 =
- 22.312 × 10 =
- 23.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 24.15 × ? = 15000
- 25.The 5th of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 25th of the same month? (a) Tuesday (b) Sunday (c) Saturday (d) Friday
- 26.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 8 3 | 2 6 ? | 9 4 5. What is the missing number?
- 27.Double 17 =
- 28.4 × 9 =
- 29.37 × 15 =
- 30.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 77 =
- 31.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 32.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 19 =
- 33.A girl is 10 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
- 34.You have 15 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹16. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 35.111111 × 111111 =
- 36.50 × 4 =
- 37.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 5 10 | 11 7 3 | 4 ? 8. What is the missing number?
- 38.5?79 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 39.If today is Saturday, what day was it 8 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Monday (c) Saturday (d) Friday
- 40.783 × 10 =
Answer key
- 27
- 169
- 20
- 14
- 63
- 1431
- 333333333
- 1089
- 11
- 48
- Thursday
- 9
- 10
- 1
- 693
- 19
- Monday
- 32
- 11
- 40
- 45
- 3120
- 3
- 1000
- Saturday
- 10
- 34
- 36
- 555
- 3003
- 1
- 100
- 16
- 1
- 12345654321
- 200
- 9
- 6
- Friday
- 7830
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