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 132 =
- 2.Double 36 =
- 3.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 ? 11 | 5 13 21 | 15 17 7. What is the missing number?
- 4.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 29 =
- 5.You have 15 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹18. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 6.8 × 9 =
- 7.9 × 4 =
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 620: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Double 81 =
- 10.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 58 =
- 11.Half of 192 =
- 12.9 × 6 =
- 13.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 14.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 57 =
- 15.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 56 days? (a) Thursday (b) Sunday (c) Wednesday (d) Friday
- 16.The 3rd of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 25th of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 17.1111 × 1111 =
- 18.44 × 100 =
- 19.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 20.20 × 4 =
- 21.21 × 1000 =
- 22.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 83 days? (a) Friday (b) Wednesday (c) Thursday (d) Sunday
- 23.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 20 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Sunday (c) Saturday (d) Monday
- 24.Take 19 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 25.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 ? 27 | 30 18 6 | 9 24 21. What is the missing number?
- 26.9 × 8 =
- 27.Half of 142 =
- 28.158? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 29.Half of 168 =
- 30.Half of 42 =
- 31.6 × 1000 =
- 32.46 × 4 =
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 34.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 10. What was my number?
- 35.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 18 (b) 24 (c) 36 (d) 25
- 36.What comes next? 14, 16, 18, 20, ? (a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 23 (d) 24
- 37.Take 65 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 38.43 × 100 =
- 39.Half of 98 =
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 713: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 66
- 72
- 9
- 435
- 3
- 72
- 36
- 1089
- 162
- 1711
- 96
- 54
- 1
- 1653
- Thursday
- Thursday
- 1234321
- 4400
- 9
- 80
- 21000
- Thursday
- Sunday
- 9
- 12
- 72
- 71
- 4
- 84
- 21
- 6000
- 184
- 792
- 4
- 25
- 22
- 54
- 4300
- 49
- 1089
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