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.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 26 12 | 14 18 22 | ? 10 20. What is the missing number?
- 2.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 3.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 28 25 | 34 22 10 | 19 16 31. What is the missing number?
- 4.A girl is 8 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 9 years?
- 5.Think of 3. Multiply it by 4, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 6.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 7.1234 × 8 + 4 =
- 8.Double 38 =
- 9.9 × 9 =
- 10.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 2 7 6 | 9 ? 1 | 4 3 8. What is the missing number?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 12.1 × 9 =
- 13.7 × 9 =
- 14.56 × 4 =
- 15.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 11 =
- 16.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 29 =
- 17.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 22 days? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Wednesday
- 18.1234 × 9 + 5 =
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 20.Double 31 =
- 21.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 34 (b) 38 (c) 36 (d) 37
- 22.8 × 9 =
- 23.The 1st of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 28th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Tuesday (c) Monday (d) Sunday
- 24.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 22 ? 10 | 7 19 31 | 28 13 16. What is the missing number?
- 25.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 5 6 | 3 7 11 | 8 9 ?. What is the missing number?
- 26.Half of 74 =
- 27.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 84 =
- 28.5 × 9 =
- 29.Double 85 =
- 30.12345679 × 36 =
- 31.3?49 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 32.?156 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 33.601 × 10 =
- 34.The ages of two twins add up to 16. How old is each twin?
- 35.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 27 days? (a) Sunday (b) Monday (c) Saturday (d) Wednesday
- 36.59 × 4 =
- 37.What comes next? 6, 14, 22, 30, ? (a) 46 (b) 39 (c) 38 (d) 30
- 38.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 65 days? (a) Monday (b) Thursday (c) Saturday (d) Friday
- 39.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 22. What was my number?
- 40.12345679 × 27 =
Answer key
- 24
- 6
- 13
- 21
- 14
- 8
- 9876
- 76
- 81
- 5
- 792
- 9
- 63
- 224
- 36
- 435
- Thursday
- 11111
- 891
- 62
- 36
- 72
- Monday
- 25
- 4
- 37
- 3570
- 45
- 170
- 444444444
- 2
- 6
- 6010
- 8
- Sunday
- 236
- 38
- Friday
- 5
- 333333333
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