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.Take 274. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 21 =
- 3.792 + 297 =
- 4.12 × 9 + 3 =
- 5.9 × 10 =
- 6.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 7.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 27 (b) 56 (c) 24 (d) 48
- 8.8 × ? = 8000
- 9.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 907: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 55 days? (a) Saturday (b) Sunday (c) Friday (d) Tuesday
- 12.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 48 (b) 36 (c) 42 (d) 49
- 13.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 25 (b) 20 (c) 26 (d) 40
- 14.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 15.Take 214. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.The 5th of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 13th of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Wednesday (c) Sunday (d) Thursday
- 17.12345 × 9 + 6 =
- 18.Half of 162 =
- 19.The 3rd of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 11th of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 20.9 × 2 =
- 21.29 × 4 =
- 22.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 ? 20 | 22 14 6 | 8 18 16. What is the missing number?
- 23.Take 672. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 24 14 | 20 16 12 | 18 ? 22. What is the missing number?
- 25.4 × 9 =
- 26.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 33 (b) 28 (c) 32 (d) 24
- 27.46 × 100 =
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 12 17 | 18 ? 10 | 11 16 15. What is the missing number?
- 29.43 × 4 =
- 30.9 × 3 =
- 31.In 2 years a boy will be 11 years old. How old was he 3 years ago?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 269: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.The ages of two twins add up to 28. How old is each twin?
- 34.21 × ? = 21000
- 35.6 × 9 =
- 36.111111 × 111111 =
- 37.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 38.900 × 10 =
- 39.9 × 7 =
- 40.15 × 4 =
Answer key
- 198
- 231
- 1089
- 111
- 90
- 7
- 27
- 1000
- 3
- 1089
- Saturday
- 48
- 26
- 8
- 198
- Thursday
- 111111
- 81
- Thursday
- 18
- 116
- 10
- 396
- 8
- 36
- 32
- 4600
- 14
- 172
- 27
- 6
- 1089
- 14
- 1000
- 54
- 12345654321
- 7
- 9000
- 63
- 60
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