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 × 63 =
- 2.If today is Friday, what day was it 12 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Saturday (c) Sunday (d) Monday
- 3.Take 658. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Double 12 =
- 5.552 × 10 =
- 6.171 × ? = 1710
- 7.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 55 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Wednesday
- 8.Take 63 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 9.9 × 9 =
- 10.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 11 =
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 12.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 13.282 × 10 =
- 14.If today is Saturday, what day was it 14 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Tuesday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
- 15.42 × 4 =
- 16.24 × 100 =
- 17.A father is 30 years old and his son is 5. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 18.2 × 9 =
- 19.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 20.Double 13 =
- 21.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 22.14?4 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 4 and added 6. I got 34. What was my number?
- 24.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 19 =
- 25.11111 × 11111 =
- 26.The ages of two twins add up to 12. How old is each twin?
- 27.9 × 1000 =
- 28.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 42 (b) 49 (c) 48 (d) 36
- 29.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 ? 14 | 15 11 7 | 8 13 12. What is the missing number?
- 30.870 × 10 =
- 31.Think of 11. Multiply it by 3, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 32.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 38 =
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 602: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 44 =
- 35.9 × 7 =
- 36.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 30. What was my number?
- 37.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 38.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 39.What comes next? 2, 5, 8, 11, ? (a) 17 (b) 11 (c) 15 (d) 14
- 40.40 × 4 =
Answer key
- 777777777
- Sunday
- 198
- 24
- 5520
- 10
- Thursday
- 54
- 81
- 66
- 693
- 5
- 2820
- Saturday
- 168
- 2400
- 25
- 18
- 3
- 26
- 4
- 9
- 7
- 100
- 123454321
- 6
- 9000
- 48
- 9
- 8700
- 36
- 741
- 1089
- 990
- 63
- 12
- 6
- 5
- 14
- 160
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