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
- 1.123456789 × 8 + 9 =
- 2.9 × 1 =
- 3.495 + 594 =
- 4.803? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 5.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
- 6.Half of 196 =
- 7.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 17 7 21 | 19 15 ? | 9 23 13. What is the missing number?
- 8.20?6 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 765: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.34 × 4 =
- 11.63 × ? = 6300
- 12.53 × 4 =
- 13.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 24. What was my number?
- 14.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 15.9 × 2 =
- 16.5?58 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 17.A father is 31 years old and his son is 12. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 18.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 19.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 52. What was my number?
- 20.20 × 4 =
- 21.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 1 ? | 7 5 3 | 2 9 4. What is the missing number?
- 22.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 35 20 | 29 23 17 | ? 11 32. What is the missing number?
- 23.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 25.What comes next? 19, 27, 35, 43, ? (a) 59 (b) 43 (c) 51 (d) 52
- 26.Double 28 =
- 27.A father is 32 years old and his son is 6. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 17 19 ? | 7 15 23 | 21 11 13. What is the missing number?
- 29.9 × 6 =
- 30.Take 20 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 31.49 × 4 =
- 32.54 × 4 =
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 361: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 21 =
- 35.You have 14 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹24. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 36.In 2 years a boy will be 11 years old. How old was he 5 years ago?
- 37.A piggy bank has 12 coins of ₹5 and 5 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 38.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 48 (b) 36 (c) 42 (d) 49
- 39.8 × 9 =
- 40.67 × 100 =
Answer key
- 987654321
- 9
- 1089
- 7
- 14
- 98
- 11
- 1
- 1089
- 136
- 100
- 212
- 4
- 297
- 18
- 9
- 19
- 2
- 20
- 80
- 8
- 26
- 891
- 3
- 51
- 56
- 26
- 9
- 54
- 18
- 196
- 216
- 1089
- 121
- 10
- 4
- 70
- 48
- 72
- 6700
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