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
- 1.3 × 9 =
- 2.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 3.5 × 9 =
- 4.In 5 years a boy will be 15 years old. How old was he 7 years ago?
- 5.If today is Monday, what day was it 32 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Wednesday (c) Sunday (d) Thursday
- 6.51 × 4 =
- 7.6 × 4 =
- 8.705 × 10 =
- 9.The ages of two twins add up to 28. How old is each twin?
- 10.Magic trick! Think of 17. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 17. What number do you get?
- 11.891 + 198 =
- 12.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 14.71 × ? = 7100
- 15.Half of 144 =
- 16.Think of 5. Multiply it by 5, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 17.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 18.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 56 =
- 19.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 96 =
- 20.7 × 4 =
- 21.111111 × 111111 =
- 22.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 23.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 11 6 | 5 9 13 | 12 7 8. What is the missing number?
- 24.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 87 =
- 25.495 + 594 =
- 26.9 × 9 =
- 27.Double 87 =
- 28.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 15 =
- 29.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 6 16 | 18 10 ? | 4 14 12. What is the missing number?
- 30.A girl is 12 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
- 31.353 × 10 =
- 32.12345679 × 72 =
- 33.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 34.33 × 4 =
- 35.37 × 27 =
- 36.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 16 (b) 58 (c) 40 (d) 64
- 37.15 × 4 =
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 16 15 | 18 14 ? | 13 12 17. What is the missing number?
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 28 7 ? | 13 19 25 | 16 31 10. What is the missing number?
- 40.Take 217. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 27
- 1
- 45
- 3
- Thursday
- 204
- 24
- 7050
- 14
- 4
- 1089
- 2
- 297
- 100
- 72
- 28
- 6
- 1596
- 4656
- 28
- 12345654321
- 5
- 10
- 3828
- 1089
- 81
- 174
- 120
- 2
- 18
- 3530
- 888888888
- 7
- 132
- 999
- 58
- 60
- 10
- 22
- 495
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