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.The 8th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 27th of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Wednesday
- 2.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 11 =
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 439: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 5.Take 540. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.1234567 × 8 + 7 =
- 7.408? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 8.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 8. What was my number?
- 9.43 × 1000 =
- 10.37 × 6 =
- 11.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
- 12.29 × 1000 =
- 13.What comes next? 7, 13, 19, 25, ? (a) 37 (b) 31 (c) 25 (d) 32
- 14.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.19 × 4 =
- 16.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 81 (b) 80 (c) 60 (d) 70
- 17.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 29 =
- 18.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 90 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday (c) Thursday (d) Saturday
- 19.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 44 =
- 20.297 + 792 =
- 21.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 9 years?
- 22.If today is Monday, what day was it 27 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Tuesday (c) Friday (d) Monday
- 23.A piggy bank has 5 coins of ₹5 and 13 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 24.A father is 34 years old and his son is 10. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 25.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 23 8 29 | 26 20 ? | 11 32 17. What is the missing number?
- 26.A father is 40 years old and his son is 10. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 27.12345678 × 9 + 9 =
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 12 22 | 24 16 8 | 10 ? 18. What is the missing number?
- 29.55 × 4 =
- 30.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 39 =
- 31.6 × 4 =
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 698: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 88 =
- 34.123456 × 9 + 7 =
- 35.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 18 4 14 | 8 12 16 | 10 ? 6. What is the missing number?
- 36.Take 90 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 37.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 98 =
- 38.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 24 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Saturday (c) Tuesday (d) Sunday
- 39.11111 × 11111 =
- 40.A girl is 6 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
Answer key
- Thursday
- 66
- 1089
- 3
- 495
- 9876543
- 6
- 3
- 43000
- 222
- 8
- 29000
- 31
- 891
- 76
- 80
- 225
- Wednesday
- 990
- 1089
- 18
- Tuesday
- 51
- 24
- 14
- 30
- 111111111
- 20
- 220
- 400
- 24
- 1089
- 3916
- 1111111
- 20
- 81
- 4851
- Saturday
- 123454321
- 17
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