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.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 14 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 17
- 2.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 36 (b) 48 (c) 49 (d) 42
- 3.12345679 × 63 =
- 4.The 8th of a month is a Monday. What day is the 18th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Sunday (c) Friday (d) Wednesday
- 5.12345679 × 54 =
- 6.?620 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 7.What comes next? 11, 19, 27, 35, ? (a) 51 (b) 44 (c) 43 (d) 35
- 8.37 × 18 =
- 9.Take 74 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 10.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 11.Double 21 =
- 12.Double 54 =
- 13.Magic trick! Think of 10. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 10. What number do you get?
- 14.Think of 14. Multiply it by 4, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 15.3 × 9 =
- 16.What comes next? 13, 15, 17, 19, ? (a) 21 (b) 22 (c) 19 (d) 23
- 17.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 44. What was my number?
- 18.47 × 4 =
- 19.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 48 (b) 16 (c) 32 (d) 50
- 20.10 × 9 =
- 21.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 10 12 | 6 ? 22 | 16 18 8. What is the missing number?
- 22.Half of 122 =
- 23.17 × 100 =
- 24.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 8 3 | ? 6 10 | 9 4 5. What is the missing number?
- 25.916 × 10 =
- 26.Half of 136 =
- 27.111111 × 111111 =
- 28.Take 19 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 29.Half of 142 =
- 30.Magic trick! Think of 11. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 31.77 × ? = 7700
- 32.The ages of two twins add up to 24. How old is each twin?
- 33.Double 91 =
- 34.?050 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 35.Take 22 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 36.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 37.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 ? 4 | 3 7 11 | 10 5 6. What is the missing number?
- 38.57 × 4 =
- 39.9 × 9 =
- 40.10 × 4 =
Answer key
- 16
- 48
- 777777777
- Thursday
- 666666666
- 1
- 43
- 666
- 63
- 6
- 42
- 108
- 3
- 57
- 27
- 21
- 18
- 188
- 50
- 90
- 14
- 61
- 1700
- 2
- 9160
- 68
- 12345654321
- 9
- 71
- 7
- 100
- 12
- 182
- 4
- 18
- 6
- 9
- 228
- 81
- 40
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