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
- 1.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 2.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 36 (b) 49 (c) 42 (d) 48
- 3.55 × 4 =
- 4.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 5.Think of 15. Multiply it by 3, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 6.9 × 3 =
- 7.Double 24 =
- 8.Half of 14 =
- 9.17 × 4 =
- 10.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 23 =
- 11.Magic trick! Think of 17. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 17. What number do you get?
- 12.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 13.Double 41 =
- 14.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 17 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) 12
- 15.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 69 =
- 16.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 ? 17 | 19 11 3 | 5 15 13. What is the missing number?
- 17.Double 29 =
- 18.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 19.?21 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 20.58 × 4 =
- 21.20 × 4 =
- 22.?97 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 23.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 2. I got 77. What was my number?
- 24.9 × 5 =
- 25.Half of 174 =
- 26.12 × 8 + 2 =
- 27.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 20 =
- 28.37 × ? = 37000
- 29.12 × 9 + 3 =
- 30.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 31.Double 94 =
- 32.96 × ? = 9600
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 34.8 × 9 =
- 35.Double 18 =
- 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 ? 14 | 17 23 29 | 32 11 26. What is the missing number?
- 37.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 38.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 39.934 × ? = 9340
- 40.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 1 8 | 7 5 3 | 2 9 ?. What is the missing number?
Answer key
- 9
- 48
- 220
- 6
- 47
- 27
- 48
- 7
- 68
- 144
- 2
- 7
- 82
- 16
- 2415
- 7
- 58
- 7
- 6
- 232
- 80
- 2
- 15
- 45
- 87
- 98
- 210
- 1000
- 111
- 2
- 188
- 100
- 396
- 72
- 36
- 35
- 693
- 1
- 10
- 4
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