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.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 10. What was my number?
- 2.20 × 1000 =
- 3.The ages of two twins add up to 24. How old is each twin?
- 4.33 × 4 =
- 5.3 × 9 =
- 6.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 67 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Friday (c) Monday (d) Tuesday
- 7.594 + 495 =
- 8.5 × 9 =
- 9.?673 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 10.11 × ? = 1100
- 11.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 33 (b) 28 (c) 24 (d) 32
- 12.7 × ? = 7000
- 13.Half of 98 =
- 14.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 37 =
- 15.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 4 9 | 10 6 2 | 3 8 7. What is the missing number?
- 16.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 21 11 | 9 17 25 | 23 13 15. What is the missing number?
- 17.2 × 9 =
- 18.Take 61 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 19.Take 54 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 20.What comes next? 16, 22, 28, 34, ? (a) 41 (b) 46 (c) 34 (d) 40
- 21.33?7 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 22.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 19 =
- 23.Take 58 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 24.88 × 100 =
- 25.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 30 (b) 18 (c) 43 (d) 12
- 26.37 × 21 =
- 27.66 × 100 =
- 28.Take 278. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 30.12345678 × 9 + 9 =
- 31.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 36 (b) 37 (c) 34 (d) 38
- 32.Think of 5. Multiply it by 5, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 33.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 34.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 35.9 × 1 =
- 36.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 82 (b) 81 (c) 83 (d) 79
- 37.The 6th of a month is a Monday. What day is the 22nd of the same month? (a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday (c) Saturday (d) Thursday
- 38.371 × 10 =
- 39.1?72 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 40.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 13 6 | 7 9 11 | 12 5 10. What is the missing number?
Answer key
- 3
- 20000
- 12
- 132
- 27
- Tuesday
- 1089
- 45
- 2
- 100
- 32
- 1000
- 49
- 703
- 5
- 19
- 18
- 54
- 45
- 40
- 5
- 190
- 45
- 8800
- 43
- 777
- 6600
- 594
- 3
- 111111111
- 36
- 32
- 5
- 5
- 9
- 81
- Wednesday
- 3710
- 8
- 8
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