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.Half of 76 =
- 2.1234567 × 9 + 8 =
- 3.9 × 6 =
- 4.Half of 26 =
- 5.Double 12 =
- 6.22 × ? = 2200
- 7.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 23 =
- 8.In 3 years a boy will be 17 years old. How old was he 3 years ago?
- 9.29 × 4 =
- 10.30 × 4 =
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 608: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 13.12345679 × 9 =
- 14.41 × 100 =
- 15.792 + 297 =
- 16.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 14 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Wednesday (c) Tuesday (d) Saturday
- 17.12 × 4 =
- 18.Double 79 =
- 19.732 × 10 =
- 20.The 8th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 24th of the same month? (a) Tuesday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Monday
- 21.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 3. I got 33. What was my number?
- 22.297 + 792 =
- 23.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 18 21 ? | 3 15 27 | 24 9 12. What is the missing number?
- 24.A father is 32 years old and his son is 11. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 25.52 × 4 =
- 26.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 3. I got 21. What was my number?
- 27.23 × 4 =
- 28.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 31 =
- 29.1?36 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 30.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 15 (b) 30 (c) 25 (d) 22
- 31.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 18. What was my number?
- 32.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 23 =
- 33.20 × 4 =
- 34.123 × 8 + 3 =
- 35.77?0 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 36.6 × 9 =
- 37.78?3 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 38.111 × 111 =
- 39.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 47 =
- 40.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 17 (d) 14
Answer key
- 38
- 11111111
- 54
- 13
- 24
- 100
- 144
- 11
- 116
- 120
- 1089
- 7
- 111111111
- 4100
- 1089
- Wednesday
- 48
- 158
- 7320
- Monday
- 15
- 1089
- 6
- 21
- 208
- 9
- 92
- 496
- 8
- 22
- 6
- 276
- 80
- 987
- 4
- 54
- 9
- 12321
- 576
- 16
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