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): 13 34 ? | 28 22 16 | 25 10 31. What is the missing number?
- 2.Take 230. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Double 46 =
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 5.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 99 =
- 6.12345678 × 9 + 9 =
- 7.Take 860. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 43 =
- 9.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 22 days? (a) Friday (b) Thursday (c) Wednesday (d) Sunday
- 10.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 45 =
- 11.You have 10 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹11. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 12.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 86 days? (a) Monday (b) Tuesday (c) Thursday (d) Sunday
- 13.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 11 21 | 23 ? 7 | 9 19 17. What is the missing number?
- 14.If today is Saturday, what day was it 29 days ago? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) Saturday (d) Thursday
- 15.12345 × 8 + 5 =
- 16.27 × ? = 27000
- 17.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 ? 4 | 5 7 9 | 10 3 8. What is the missing number?
- 18.30 × 1000 =
- 19.What comes next? 11, 15, 19, 23, ? (a) 23 (b) 27 (c) 31 (d) 28
- 20.Think of 9. Multiply it by 4, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 21.5 × 9 =
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 338: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.75 × ? = 7500
- 24.9 × 9 =
- 25.12 × 8 + 2 =
- 26.14 × 4 =
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.57 × 4 =
- 29.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 30.A piggy bank has 12 coins of ₹5 and 3 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 3 8 7 | ? 6 2 | 5 4 9. What is the missing number?
- 32.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 33.941 × 10 =
- 34.Half of 48 =
- 35.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 21 days? (a) Saturday (b) Wednesday (c) Tuesday (d) Thursday
- 36.?053 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 37.Half of 62 =
- 38.Think of 4. Multiply it by 5, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 39.46 × 4 =
- 40.?004 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
Answer key
- 19
- 198
- 92
- 198
- 4950
- 111111111
- 792
- 946
- Thursday
- 1035
- 1
- Monday
- 15
- Friday
- 98765
- 1000
- 11
- 30000
- 27
- 44
- 45
- 1089
- 100
- 81
- 98
- 56
- 1089
- 228
- 4
- 66
- 10
- 495
- 9410
- 24
- Wednesday
- 1
- 31
- 29
- 184
- 5
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