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
- 1.8 × 9 =
- 2.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 1. I got 25. What was my number?
- 3.Double 64 =
- 4.9 × 4 =
- 5.Take 205. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Half of 78 =
- 7.12345679 × 36 =
- 8.What comes next? 2, 5, 8, 11, ? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) 14 (d) 11
- 9.40 × ? = 40000
- 10.The 5th of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 29th of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Friday (c) Tuesday (d) Sunday
- 11.The 9th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 30th of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Monday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday
- 12.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 2. I got 32. What was my number?
- 13.Double 17 =
- 14.6 × 9 =
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 395: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.In 6 years a boy will be 18 years old. How old was he 2 years ago?
- 17.9 × 3 =
- 18.47 × 1000 =
- 19.Take 84 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 20.Take 329. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.4 × 9 =
- 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 23.48 × 4 =
- 24.5?88 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 25.38 × 4 =
- 26.A father is 31 years old and his son is 9. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 27.Double 34 =
- 28.If today is Saturday, what day was it 56 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Tuesday (c) Saturday (d) Friday
- 29.24 × 4 =
- 30.1 × 9 =
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 6 13 | 12 10 8 | ? 14 9. What is the missing number?
- 32.The ages of two twins add up to 20. How old is each twin?
- 33.19 × 1000 =
- 34.Think of 9. Multiply it by 4, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 35.The ages of two twins add up to 28. How old is each twin?
- 36.Double 31 =
- 37.61 × 100 =
- 38.275 × 10 =
- 39.The 6th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 21st of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Monday (c) Wednesday (d) Sunday
- 40.797? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
Answer key
- 72
- 12
- 128
- 36
- 297
- 39
- 444444444
- 14
- 1000
- Saturday
- Tuesday
- 15
- 34
- 54
- 1089
- 10
- 27
- 47000
- 72
- 594
- 36
- 198
- 192
- 6
- 152
- 22
- 68
- Saturday
- 96
- 9
- 7
- 10
- 19000
- 37
- 14
- 62
- 6100
- 2750
- Sunday
- 4
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