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.A girl is 12 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
- 2.45 × 4 =
- 3.12345679 × 63 =
- 4.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 45 =
- 5.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 6.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 8. I got 68. What was my number?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 8.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 9.9 × 2 =
- 10.5 × 9 =
- 11.?489 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 12.57 × 4 =
- 13.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 79 days? (a) Sunday (b) Friday (c) Tuesday (d) Saturday
- 14.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 21 days? (a) Thursday (b) Tuesday (c) Saturday (d) Wednesday
- 15.42 × 100 =
- 16.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 11 =
- 17.A father is 35 years old and his son is 9. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 18.You have 5 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹7. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 19.17 × 4 =
- 20.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 94 =
- 21.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 22.14 × 4 =
- 23.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 24.792 + 297 =
- 25.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 ? 15 | 18 24 30 | 33 12 27. What is the missing number?
- 26.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 27.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 28.398 × 10 =
- 29.Double 17 =
- 30.12345679 × 27 =
- 31.441 × 10 =
- 32.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 9 10 | 7 11 15 | ? 13 8. What is the missing number?
- 33.27 × 10 =
- 34.342? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 35.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 36.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 37.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 38.A piggy bank has 11 coins of ₹5 and 3 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 39.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 70 (b) 81 (c) 60 (d) 80
- 40.You have 12 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹20. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
Answer key
- 17
- 180
- 777777777
- 1035
- 2
- 12
- 297
- 9
- 18
- 45
- 6
- 228
- Saturday
- Wednesday
- 4200
- 36
- 26
- 2
- 68
- 4465
- 6
- 56
- 7
- 1089
- 36
- 2
- 6
- 3980
- 34
- 333333333
- 4410
- 12
- 270
- 9
- 8
- 8
- 3
- 61
- 80
- 8
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