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 10 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 9 years?
- 2.A piggy bank has 8 coins of ₹5 and 5 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.12345679 × 36 =
- 5.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 6.9 × 4 =
- 7.48 × 4 =
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 500: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.11 × 11 =
- 10.Take 701. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.53 × 4 =
- 12.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 43 =
- 13.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 35 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Friday (c) Monday (d) Tuesday
- 14.6 × 4 =
- 15.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 31 =
- 16.44 × ? = 44000
- 17.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 18.Take 61 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 19.The 2nd of a month is a Monday. What day is the 15th of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Wednesday (c) Monday (d) Sunday
- 20.What comes next? 2, 6, 10, 14, ? (a) 22 (b) 19 (c) 18 (d) 14
- 21.If today is Saturday, what day was it 9 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Sunday
- 22.Magic trick! Think of 20. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 20. What number do you get?
- 23.9 × 6 =
- 24.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 25.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 27 =
- 26.Take 62 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 27.Magic trick! Think of 20. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 20. What number do you get?
- 28.9 × 10 =
- 29.You have 6 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹9. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 30.1111 × 1111 =
- 31.Half of 168 =
- 32.111111 × 111111 =
- 33.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 4. I got 28. What was my number?
- 34.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 7. I got 22. What was my number?
- 35.2?85 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 36.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 37.319 × 10 =
- 38.107? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 39.9 × 7 =
- 40.What comes next? 10, 16, 22, 28, ? (a) 28 (b) 40 (c) 34 (d) 35
Answer key
- 25
- 50
- 1089
- 444444444
- 4
- 36
- 192
- 1089
- 121
- 594
- 212
- 946
- Tuesday
- 24
- 256
- 1000
- 4
- 54
- Sunday
- 18
- Thursday
- 2
- 54
- 3
- 196
- 54
- 8
- 90
- 3
- 1234321
- 84
- 12345654321
- 8
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 3190
- 1
- 63
- 34
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