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
- 1.58 × 100 =
- 2.2 × ? = 2000
- 3.1 × 9 =
- 4.15 × 4 =
- 5.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 6.Take 347. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.A father is 43 years old and his son is 7. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 8.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 39 =
- 9.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 14 9 | 12 10 ? | 11 6 13. What is the missing number?
- 10.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 72 =
- 11.12345679 × 81 =
- 12.If today is Saturday, what day was it 60 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Friday (c) Tuesday (d) Monday
- 13.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 10 =
- 14.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 35 =
- 15.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 ? 8 | 5 9 13 | 10 11 6. What is the missing number?
- 16.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 18 15 30 | 33 21 ? | 12 27 24. What is the missing number?
- 17.19 × 1000 =
- 18.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 40 (b) 25 (c) 18 (d) 20
- 19.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 28 =
- 20.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 21.Double 61 =
- 22.14 × ? = 1400
- 23.43 × 4 =
- 24.What comes next? 20, 22, 24, 26, ? (a) 30 (b) 28 (c) 29 (d) 26
- 25.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 46 days? (a) Sunday (b) Monday (c) Saturday (d) Wednesday
- 26.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 27.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 10 15 | 16 12 ? | 9 14 13. What is the missing number?
- 28.?091 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 29.Take 604. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Magic trick! Think of 20. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 20. What number do you get?
- 31.Half of 152 =
- 32.The 5th of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 19th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Sunday (c) Wednesday (d) Saturday
- 33.49 × 4 =
- 34.A father is 44 years old and his son is 14. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 35.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 36.14 × 1000 =
- 37.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 51 =
- 38.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 22 7 | 4 16 28 | 25 ? 13. What is the missing number?
- 40.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 15 8 | 9 11 13 | 14 7 12. What is the missing number?
Answer key
- 5800
- 1000
- 9
- 60
- 9
- 396
- 36
- 400
- 8
- 2628
- 999999999
- Tuesday
- 55
- 324
- 7
- 9
- 19000
- 18
- 406
- 8
- 122
- 100
- 172
- 28
- Sunday
- 3
- 8
- 8
- 198
- 2
- 76
- Sunday
- 196
- 30
- 1
- 14000
- 1326
- 0
- 10
- 10
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