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
- 1.1111 × 1111 =
- 2.Take 90 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 3.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 4.Take 178. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.A girl is 11 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
- 6.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 27 (b) 23 (c) 25 (d) 26
- 7.Half of 118 =
- 8.32 × 4 =
- 9.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 33 =
- 10.10 × 4 =
- 11.6 × 9 =
- 12.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 23 =
- 13.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 3. I got 55. What was my number?
- 14.7?9 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 15.Half of 42 =
- 16.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 22 7 | ? 16 28 | 25 10 13. What is the missing number?
- 17.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 18.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 35 =
- 19.801? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 20.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 21.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 84 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Thursday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
- 22.29 × 4 =
- 23.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 38 (b) 30 (c) 48 (d) 24
- 24.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 14 (b) 35 (c) 57 (d) 28
- 25.4 × 9 =
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 698: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.28 × 4 =
- 28.?305 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 29.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 63 days? (a) Thursday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Monday
- 30.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 31.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
- 32.The ages of two twins add up to 30. How old is each twin?
- 33.Double 34 =
- 34.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 18 =
- 35.12345 × 9 + 6 =
- 36.97? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 37.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 4 11 | 10 8 6 | 5 ? 7. What is the missing number?
- 38.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 15 =
- 39.11 × 11 =
- 40.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 59 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Friday (c) Tuesday (d) Sunday
Answer key
- 1234321
- 81
- 4
- 693
- 20
- 25
- 59
- 128
- 289
- 40
- 54
- 144
- 13
- 2
- 21
- 4
- 5
- 324
- 9
- 2
- Thursday
- 116
- 38
- 57
- 36
- 1089
- 112
- 1
- Friday
- 2
- 13
- 15
- 68
- 171
- 111111
- 2
- 12
- 64
- 121
- Saturday
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