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
- 1.37 × 27 =
- 2.19 × ? = 1900
- 3.52 × 4 =
- 4.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 5.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 32 days? (a) Sunday (b) Wednesday (c) Friday (d) Thursday
- 6.25 × 4 =
- 7.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 16 =
- 8.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 36 (b) 37 (c) 38 (d) 34
- 9.11 × 11 =
- 10.21?0 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 11.The 5th of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 30th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Sunday (c) Friday (d) Wednesday
- 12.49 × 4 =
- 13.37 × 18 =
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 8 13 | ? 12 14 | 11 16 9. What is the missing number?
- 15.36 × 100 =
- 16.What comes next? 3, 6, 9, 12, ? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 15 (d) 18
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 200: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 48 (b) 49 (c) 42 (d) 36
- 19.If today is Monday, what day was it 23 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Saturday (c) Tuesday (d) Sunday
- 20.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 4. I got 16. What was my number?
- 21.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 2 7 6 | 9 5 1 | 4 3 ?. What is the missing number?
- 22.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 10 =
- 23.Double 12 =
- 24.2?00 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 25.?560 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 26.In 4 years a boy will be 18 years old. How old was he 7 years ago?
- 27.2 × 100 =
- 28.3 × 100 =
- 29.In 3 years a boy will be 11 years old. How old was he 7 years ago?
- 30.470 × 10 =
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 26 11 14 | 5 17 29 | 20 23 ?. What is the missing number?
- 32.The 5th of a month is a Friday. What day is the 30th of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Tuesday (c) Monday (d) Wednesday
- 33.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 35.47 × 4 =
- 36.283 × 10 =
- 37.5 × 9 =
- 38.Take 37 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 39.The ages of two twins add up to 12. How old is each twin?
- 40.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 89 =
Answer key
- 999
- 100
- 208
- 4
- Thursday
- 100
- 136
- 36
- 121
- 6
- Thursday
- 196
- 666
- 10
- 3600
- 15
- 1089
- 48
- Saturday
- 6
- 8
- 55
- 24
- 7
- 7
- 7
- 200
- 300
- 1
- 4700
- 8
- Tuesday
- 2
- 693
- 188
- 2830
- 45
- 27
- 6
- 4005
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