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.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 24 3 18 | 9 15 21 | 12 ? 6. What is the missing number?
- 2.63 × 100 =
- 3.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 4.7?60 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 5.37 × 9 =
- 6.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 4 9 ? | 3 5 7 | 8 1 6. What is the missing number?
- 7.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 8.25 × 4 =
- 9.Half of 194 =
- 10.1 × 9 =
- 11.4?10 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 12.The 6th of a month is a Thursday. What day is the 22nd of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Friday (c) Saturday (d) Tuesday
- 13.A father is 38 years old and his son is 9. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 14.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 39 =
- 15.8 × 9 =
- 16.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 14 =
- 17.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 4 times table? (a) 8 (b) 20 (c) 16 (d) 14
- 18.58 × 100 =
- 19.What comes next? 5, 10, 15, 20, ? (a) 30 (b) 25 (c) 26 (d) 20
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 648: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.2?02 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 673: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 11 ? | 23 15 7 | 9 19 17. What is the missing number?
- 24.21 × 100 =
- 25.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 35 =
- 26.The ages of two twins add up to 24. How old is each twin?
- 27.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 56 (b) 65 (c) 64 (d) 48
- 28.12 × 1000 =
- 29.Take 41 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 30.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 841: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 76 days? (a) Monday (b) Sunday (c) Wednesday (d) Saturday
- 33.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 12 5 | 6 8 10 | 11 4 ?. What is the missing number?
- 34.4 × 9 =
- 35.297 + 792 =
- 36.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 37.9 × 3 =
- 38.12345 × 8 + 5 =
- 39.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 37 (b) 45 (c) 36 (d) 27
- 40.Double 79 =
Answer key
- 27
- 6300
- 7
- 5
- 333
- 2
- 8
- 100
- 97
- 9
- 4
- Saturday
- 29
- 400
- 72
- 105
- 14
- 5800
- 25
- 1089
- 5
- 1089
- 21
- 2100
- 324
- 12
- 64
- 12000
- 36
- 5
- 1089
- Sunday
- 9
- 36
- 1089
- 8
- 27
- 98765
- 37
- 158
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