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
- 1.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 47 =
- 2.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 73 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Saturday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 3.The ages of two twins add up to 14. How old is each twin?
- 4.Double 36 =
- 5.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 7.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 8.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 73 =
- 9.What comes next? 8, 13, 18, 23, ? (a) 29 (b) 23 (c) 28 (d) 33
- 10.34 × 4 =
- 11.Double 94 =
- 12.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 13.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 14.594 + 495 =
- 15.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 25 (b) 27 (c) 23 (d) 26
- 16.11 × 11 =
- 17.297 + 792 =
- 18.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 19.2 × 9 =
- 20.Magic trick! Think of 15. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 15. What number do you get?
- 21.49 × 4 =
- 22.254? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 23.26 × 4 =
- 24.A piggy bank has 4 coins of ₹5 and 5 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 25.9 × 10 =
- 26.If today is Friday, what day was it 38 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday (c) Friday (d) Monday
- 27.Take 339. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 29.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 8 3 | 2 6 10 | ? 4 5. What is the missing number?
- 30.46 × 100 =
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 6 16 | ? 14 18 | 12 22 8. What is the missing number?
- 32.You have 14 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹20. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 33.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 34.Think of 8. Multiply it by 2, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 35.16 × 4 =
- 36.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 8. I got 23. What was my number?
- 37.495 + 594 =
- 38.Take 674. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.42 × 4 =
- 40.9 × 3 =
Answer key
- 576
- Wednesday
- 7
- 72
- 7
- 792
- 10
- 2701
- 28
- 136
- 188
- 3
- 3
- 1089
- 25
- 121
- 1089
- 5
- 18
- 5
- 196
- 7
- 104
- 30
- 90
- Tuesday
- 594
- 6
- 9
- 4600
- 10
- 6
- 4
- 24
- 64
- 3
- 1089
- 198
- 168
- 27
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