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
- 1.111111 × 111111 =
- 2.573? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 3.Magic trick! Think of 8. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 8. What number do you get?
- 4.28 × 100 =
- 5.Think of 8. Multiply it by 5, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 6.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 41 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Wednesday (c) Sunday (d) Friday
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 8.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 51 (b) 50 (c) 47 (d) 49
- 9.In 5 years a boy will be 16 years old. How old was he 4 years ago?
- 10.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 11 12 | 9 13 17 | 14 15 10. What is the missing number?
- 11.You have 13 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹15. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 12.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 25 =
- 13.In 4 years a boy will be 17 years old. How old was he 2 years ago?
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 13 ? | 7 9 11 | 12 5 10. What is the missing number?
- 15.37 × 21 =
- 16.The 9th of a month is a Monday. What day is the 17th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Monday (c) Friday (d) Tuesday
- 17.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 26 =
- 18.979 × ? = 9790
- 19.9 × 1 =
- 20.17 × 4 =
- 21.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 30 9 ? | 15 21 27 | 18 33 12. What is the missing number?
- 22.594 + 495 =
- 23.528 × ? = 5280
- 24.A girl is 11 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 8 years?
- 25.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 26.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 12 7 | 10 8 6 | 9 4 11. What is the missing number?
- 27.3 × 9 =
- 28.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 80 (b) 60 (c) 81 (d) 70
- 29.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 30.91 × 100 =
- 31.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 32.16 × 4 =
- 33.56 × 4 =
- 34.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 36 days? (a) Friday (b) Wednesday (c) Thursday (d) Sunday
- 36.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 37.10 × 1000 =
- 38.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 39.A father is 45 years old and his son is 5. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 40.33 × 4 =
Answer key
- 12345654321
- 3
- 2
- 2800
- 43
- Thursday
- 891
- 49
- 7
- 16
- 2
- 325
- 11
- 6
- 777
- Tuesday
- 351
- 10
- 9
- 68
- 24
- 1089
- 10
- 22
- 5
- 5
- 27
- 80
- 7
- 9100
- 9
- 64
- 224
- 891
- Thursday
- 0
- 10000
- 297
- 40
- 132
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