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
- 1.23 × 1000 =
- 2.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 34 =
- 3.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 22. What was my number?
- 4.If today is Monday, what day was it 20 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Monday (c) Wednesday (d) Tuesday
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 6.58 × 4 =
- 7.Think of 15. Multiply it by 3, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 8.16 × 4 =
- 9.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 99 =
- 10.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 44 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 30
- 11.33 × 4 =
- 12.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 57 days? (a) Sunday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 13.1 × 9 =
- 14.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 2. I got 8. What was my number?
- 15.A father is 39 years old and his son is 14. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 16.Double 96 =
- 17.Take 98 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 18.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 19.Take 310. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 21.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 46 =
- 22.Think of 11. Multiply it by 5, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 23.9 × 3 =
- 24.9 × 10 =
- 25.A girl is 8 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 5 years?
- 26.30 × 100 =
- 27.123456789 × 8 + 9 =
- 28.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 22 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) 10
- 29.Double 28 =
- 30.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 18 (d) 23
- 31.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 32.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 56 =
- 33.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 30. What was my number?
- 34.Half of 82 =
- 35.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 27 6 | 9 15 21 | ? 3 18. What is the missing number?
- 36.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 37.49 × 4 =
- 38.123456 × 9 + 7 =
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 14 7 | 8 10 12 | ? 6 11. What is the missing number?
- 40.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 8 =
Answer key
- 23000
- 595
- 3
- Tuesday
- 495
- 232
- 54
- 64
- 4950
- 44
- 132
- Thursday
- 9
- 2
- 25
- 192
- 81
- 4
- 297
- 0
- 1081
- 64
- 27
- 90
- 18
- 3000
- 987654321
- 22
- 56
- 23
- 1
- 1596
- 11
- 41
- 24
- 9
- 196
- 1111111
- 13
- 36
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