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 + … + 24 =
- 2.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 48 =
- 3.The 6th of a month is a Thursday. What day is the 14th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Monday (c) Saturday (d) Friday
- 4.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 19 =
- 5.If today is Sunday, what day was it 57 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Saturday
- 6.29 × 100 =
- 7.19 × 4 =
- 8.9 × 1 =
- 9.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 9 years?
- 10.Take 230. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.9 × 8 =
- 12.Double 98 =
- 13.68 × 10 =
- 14.A girl is 6 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 2 years?
- 15.9 × 4 =
- 16.29 × 4 =
- 17.32 × 1000 =
- 18.Take 89 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 19.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 20.12345679 × 36 =
- 21.If today is Monday, what day was it 56 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Thursday (c) Monday (d) Tuesday
- 22.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 16 9 | 10 12 14 | 15 8 ?. What is the missing number?
- 23.Take 593. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.The ages of two twins add up to 28. How old is each twin?
- 25.296 × 10 =
- 26.37 × 4 =
- 27.Double 44 =
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 10 5 | 4 8 ? | 11 6 7. What is the missing number?
- 29.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 61 =
- 30.Half of 104 =
- 31.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 32.Half of 192 =
- 33.12345679 × 9 =
- 34.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 21 6 | 3 15 27 | 24 9 12. What is the missing number?
- 35.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 97 =
- 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 23 26 ? | 8 20 32 | 29 14 17. What is the missing number?
- 37.If today is Friday, what day was it 42 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Monday (d) Friday
- 38.20 × 4 =
- 39.Double 27 =
- 40.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 10 5 | 4 8 12 | 11 6 7. What is the missing number?
Answer key
- 300
- 1176
- Friday
- 100
- Saturday
- 2900
- 76
- 9
- 18
- 198
- 72
- 196
- 680
- 10
- 36
- 116
- 32000
- 72
- 3
- 444444444
- Monday
- 13
- 198
- 14
- 2960
- 148
- 88
- 12
- 1891
- 52
- 9
- 96
- 111111111
- 18
- 4753
- 11
- Friday
- 80
- 54
- 9
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