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
- 1.6?24 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 2.21 × 1000 =
- 3.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 63 days? (a) Friday (b) Tuesday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.123456789 × 8 + 9 =
- 6.Double 56 =
- 7.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 8.Take 762. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.8?14 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 10.Double 58 =
- 11.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 9 =
- 12.1234567 × 8 + 7 =
- 13.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
- 14.90 × ? = 900
- 15.1111 × 1111 =
- 16.A father is 40 years old and his son is 4. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 17.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 18.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 45 =
- 19.Take 43 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 20.What comes next? 11, 19, 27, 35, ? (a) 35 (b) 43 (c) 44 (d) 51
- 21.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 42 (b) 36 (c) 48 (d) 49
- 22.40 × 4 =
- 23.9 × 3 =
- 24.9 × 2 =
- 25.47 × ? = 4700
- 26.In 2 years a boy will be 13 years old. How old was he 6 years ago?
- 27.664 × 10 =
- 28.1234 × 9 + 5 =
- 29.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 27 =
- 30.The 3rd of a month is a Thursday. What day is the 17th of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 31.A father is 42 years old and his son is 7. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 32.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 48 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Wednesday (c) Thursday (d) Sunday
- 33.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 25 (b) 27 (c) 26 (d) 23
- 34.33 × 4 =
- 35.The 8th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 28th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Monday (c) Friday (d) Saturday
- 36.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 37.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 30. What was my number?
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 27 12 33 | 30 24 18 | ? 36 21. What is the missing number?
- 39.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 98 =
- 40.38 × 1000 =
Answer key
- 6
- 21000
- Saturday
- 1089
- 987654321
- 112
- 5
- 495
- 5
- 116
- 45
- 9876543
- 19
- 10
- 1234321
- 36
- 9
- 529
- 36
- 43
- 48
- 160
- 27
- 18
- 100
- 5
- 6640
- 11111
- 378
- Thursday
- 35
- Thursday
- 25
- 132
- Friday
- 8
- 8
- 15
- 4851
- 38000
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