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 + 2 + 3 + … + 38 =
- 2.Double 83 =
- 3.11 × 11 =
- 4.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 20 (b) 54 (c) 36 (d) 18
- 5.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 6.Double 91 =
- 7.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 32 =
- 8.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 37 (b) 38 (c) 34 (d) 36
- 9.Half of 12 =
- 10.50 × 4 =
- 11.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 84 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Friday (c) Thursday (d) Sunday
- 12.31 × 4 =
- 13.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 34. What was my number?
- 14.If today is Monday, what day was it 32 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Friday (c) Sunday (d) Thursday
- 15.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 21 =
- 16.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 8. I got 16. What was my number?
- 17.15 × 4 =
- 18.123456 × 9 + 7 =
- 19.865? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 20.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 2. I got 22. What was my number?
- 21.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 22.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 35 days? (a) Thursday (b) Friday (c) Sunday (d) Wednesday
- 23.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 37 =
- 24.5?30 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 25.Double 47 =
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 27.7?52 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 28.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 29.16 × 4 =
- 30.If today is Thursday, what day was it 15 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Saturday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday
- 31.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 32.Double 34 =
- 33.Double 17 =
- 34.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 30 ? | 12 18 24 | 27 6 21. What is the missing number?
- 35.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) 17
- 36.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 37.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 81 (b) 60 (c) 70 (d) 80
- 38.12345679 × 18 =
- 39.20 × ? = 2000
- 40.38 × 4 =
Answer key
- 741
- 166
- 121
- 20
- 4
- 182
- 528
- 36
- 6
- 200
- Thursday
- 124
- 8
- Thursday
- 121
- 2
- 60
- 1111111
- 8
- 10
- 6
- Thursday
- 703
- 1
- 94
- 495
- 4
- 3
- 64
- Wednesday
- 7
- 68
- 34
- 9
- 16
- 4
- 80
- 222222222
- 100
- 152
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