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.Half of 186 =
- 2.7 × 9 =
- 3.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 4.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 5.71?4 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 6.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 32. What was my number?
- 7.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 8.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 90 =
- 9.39 × 100 =
- 10.What comes next? 12, 20, 28, 36, ? (a) 45 (b) 52 (c) 36 (d) 44
- 11.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 30 =
- 12.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 22 =
- 13.808 × ? = 8080
- 14.Half of 178 =
- 15.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 16.A piggy bank has 2 coins of ₹5 and 13 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 17.57 × 4 =
- 18.5 × 9 =
- 19.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 20.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 22 8 18 | 12 16 ? | 14 24 10. What is the missing number?
- 21.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 22.17 × 4 =
- 23.The 2nd of a month is a Monday. What day is the 18th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Saturday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday
- 24.Double 13 =
- 25.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 18 11 | 12 14 16 | 17 ? 15. What is the missing number?
- 26.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 27.50 × ? = 50000
- 28.987 × 10 =
- 29.740 × 10 =
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 630: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Take 218. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 47 =
- 33.Half of 192 =
- 34.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 85 =
- 35.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 36.If today is Saturday, what day was it 28 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Saturday (c) Tuesday (d) Sunday
- 37.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 33 =
- 38.In 6 years a boy will be 20 years old. How old was he 5 years ago?
- 39.The ages of two twins add up to 12. How old is each twin?
- 40.?202 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
Answer key
- 93
- 63
- 7
- 9
- 6
- 10
- 6
- 4095
- 3900
- 44
- 465
- 253
- 10
- 89
- 3
- 36
- 228
- 45
- 9
- 20
- 7
- 68
- Wednesday
- 26
- 10
- 5
- 1000
- 9870
- 7400
- 1089
- 594
- 576
- 96
- 3655
- 3
- Saturday
- 561
- 9
- 6
- 5
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