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.What comes next? 5, 9, 13, 17, ? (a) 21 (b) 22 (c) 17 (d) 25
- 2.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 3.48 × 4 =
- 4.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 5.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 11 ? | 9 13 17 | 14 15 10. What is the missing number?
- 6.21 × 1000 =
- 7.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 7 ? | 13 11 9 | 8 15 10. What is the missing number?
- 8.You have 5 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹7. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 9.Take 63 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 10.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 46 =
- 11.4 × 1000 =
- 12.The 2nd of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 29th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Friday (c) Tuesday (d) Monday
- 13.957 × ? = 9570
- 14.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 97 =
- 15.Think of 15. Multiply it by 3, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 16.12345679 × 36 =
- 17.Take 47 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 18.86 × 100 =
- 19.If today is Saturday, what day was it 54 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Tuesday (c) Monday (d) Sunday
- 20.15 × 1000 =
- 21.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 48 (b) 65 (c) 64 (d) 56
- 22.9 × 7 =
- 23.If today is Sunday, what day was it 29 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Friday
- 24.Take 62 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 25.9 × 8 =
- 26.?025 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 27.51 × 100 =
- 28.5 × 9 =
- 29.The 2nd of a month is a Friday. What day is the 21st of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Wednesday (d) Tuesday
- 30.What comes next? 2, 4, 6, 8, ? (a) 8 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 10
- 31.The ages of two twins add up to 16. How old is each twin?
- 32.18 × 4 =
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 34.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 27 (b) 23 (c) 26 (d) 25
- 35.449 × 10 =
- 36.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 37.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 14 9 | 12 10 8 | 11 ? 13. What is the missing number?
- 38.25 × ? = 25000
- 39.Take 97 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 40.Double 24 =
Answer key
- 21
- 4
- 192
- 7
- 12
- 21000
- 14
- 2
- 54
- 1081
- 4000
- Tuesday
- 10
- 4753
- 53
- 444444444
- 36
- 8600
- Monday
- 15000
- 64
- 63
- Saturday
- 54
- 72
- 2
- 5100
- 45
- Wednesday
- 10
- 8
- 72
- 792
- 25
- 4490
- 6
- 6
- 1000
- 81
- 48
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