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
- 1.43 × 4 =
- 2.76 × ? = 7600
- 3.37 × 9 =
- 4.The 3rd of a month is a Friday. What day is the 12th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Sunday (c) Monday (d) Saturday
- 5.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 18 (b) 22 (c) 24 (d) 36
- 6.146? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 7.Think of 7. Multiply it by 2, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 8.The 8th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 25th of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Monday (d) Friday
- 9.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 70 (b) 60 (c) 81 (d) 80
- 10.792 + 297 =
- 11.5 × 9 =
- 12.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 21 ? | 9 17 25 | 23 13 15. What is the missing number?
- 13.56 × 4 =
- 14.Half of 166 =
- 15.A girl is 12 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 2 years?
- 16.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 17.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 5 10 9 | 12 8 4 | ? 6 11. What is the missing number?
- 18.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 58. What was my number?
- 19.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 7 =
- 20.36 × 10 =
- 21.Half of 64 =
- 22.Take 20 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 23.60 × 4 =
- 24.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 25 =
- 25.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 9 (b) 18 (c) 27 (d) 29
- 26.1234 × 9 + 5 =
- 27.Take 315. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Double 49 =
- 29.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 30.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 1. I got 61. What was my number?
- 31.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 12 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Tuesday (c) Monday (d) Friday
- 32.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 65 (b) 64 (c) 56 (d) 48
- 33.9 × 9 =
- 34.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 18 =
- 35.31 × 4 =
- 36.28 × 4 =
- 37.50?0 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 38.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 580: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.The 7th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 20th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Tuesday (c) Sunday (d) Monday
Answer key
- 172
- 100
- 333
- Sunday
- 22
- 7
- 20
- Friday
- 80
- 1089
- 45
- 11
- 224
- 83
- 20
- 1
- 7
- 20
- 28
- 360
- 32
- 18
- 240
- 169
- 29
- 11111
- 198
- 98
- 9
- 12
- Tuesday
- 64
- 81
- 171
- 124
- 112
- 4
- 0
- 1089
- Monday
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