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
- 1.12345679 × 18 =
- 2.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 3.6 × 9 =
- 4.724 × 10 =
- 5.Think of 4. Multiply it by 4, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 6.5?48 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 7.Double 81 =
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 9.804? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 10.The ages of two twins add up to 18. How old is each twin?
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 25 15 | 21 ? 13 | 19 9 23. What is the missing number?
- 12.The 9th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 21st of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Saturday (c) Sunday (d) Wednesday
- 13.A piggy bank has 8 coins of ₹5 and 14 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 14.Double 53 =
- 15.If today is Saturday, what day was it 57 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Friday (c) Saturday (d) Monday
- 16.Half of 166 =
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 18.36 × 4 =
- 19.?112 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 20.142 × 10 =
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 22.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 49 =
- 23.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 24.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 ? 15 | 16 12 8 | 9 14 13. What is the missing number?
- 25.Think of 6. Multiply it by 2, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 26.9 × 2 =
- 27.123456 × 8 + 6 =
- 28.Think of 2. Multiply it by 2, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 29.41 × 1000 =
- 30.91 × 100 =
- 31.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 7 =
- 32.Take 85 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 33.Double 38 =
- 34.Take 27 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 35.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 4. I got 64. What was my number?
- 36.In 2 years a boy will be 16 years old. How old was he 3 years ago?
- 37.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 21 =
- 38.9 × 8 =
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 4 11 | 10 8 6 | ? 12 7. What is the missing number?
- 40.3 × 9 =
Answer key
- 222222222
- 8
- 54
- 7240
- 20
- 1
- 162
- 396
- 6
- 9
- 17
- Sunday
- 68
- 106
- Friday
- 83
- 594
- 144
- 5
- 1420
- 297
- 625
- 7
- 10
- 13
- 18
- 987654
- 10
- 41000
- 9100
- 28
- 72
- 76
- 18
- 15
- 11
- 231
- 72
- 5
- 27
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