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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- 1.123 × 8 + 3 =
- 2.You have 11 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹14. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 3.The 5th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 19th of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Monday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday
- 4.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 6.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 7.Take 410. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.27 × 4 =
- 9.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 27 6 | 9 15 21 | 24 3 18. What is the missing number?
- 10.47 × 1000 =
- 11.60 × 4 =
- 12.30 × 4 =
- 13.594 + 495 =
- 14.Take 329. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 15 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Monday (c) Wednesday (d) Friday
- 16.12345679 × 36 =
- 17.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 3. I got 47. What was my number?
- 18.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 19.97 × ? = 9700
- 20.53 × 4 =
- 21.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 29 days ago? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Tuesday
- 22.Take 992. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.16 × 4 =
- 24.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 70 (b) 81 (c) 60 (d) 80
- 25.495 + 594 =
- 26.784 × 10 =
- 27.12 × 4 =
- 28.25 × 4 =
- 29.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 88 =
- 30.Take 912. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.177 × 10 =
- 32.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 25 ? 31 | 28 22 16 | 13 34 19. What is the missing number?
- 33.A piggy bank has 4 coins of ₹5 and 2 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 34.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 21
- 35.The ages of two twins add up to 22. How old is each twin?
- 36.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 37.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 38.Take 628. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.309 × ? = 3090
- 40.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
Answer key
- 987
- 3
- Tuesday
- 3
- 891
- 4
- 396
- 108
- 12
- 47000
- 240
- 120
- 1089
- 594
- Tuesday
- 444444444
- 11
- 8
- 100
- 212
- Tuesday
- 693
- 64
- 80
- 1089
- 7840
- 48
- 100
- 3916
- 693
- 1770
- 10
- 24
- 16
- 11
- 2
- 3
- 198
- 10
- 3
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