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 =
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 270: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 36 (b) 54 (c) 18 (d) 46
- 4.Double 73 =
- 5.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 7 2 | 1 5 9 | 8 3 4. What is the missing number?
- 6.1234 × 8 + 4 =
- 7.24 × 4 =
- 8.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 8 years?
- 9.108? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 10.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 9 14 | 11 ? 15 | 12 17 10. What is the missing number?
- 12.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 17 32 | ? 23 11 | 14 29 26. What is the missing number?
- 13.123 × 9 + 4 =
- 14.12 × 1000 =
- 15.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 29 =
- 16.12345678 × 8 + 8 =
- 17.If today is Monday, what day was it 56 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Sunday (c) Monday (d) Tuesday
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 3 10 | 9 7 5 | 4 ? 6. What is the missing number?
- 19.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 27 (b) 25 (c) 23 (d) 26
- 20.37 × 27 =
- 21.Double 38 =
- 22.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 23.Half of 132 =
- 24.37 × 21 =
- 25.57 × 4 =
- 26.9 × 9 =
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 268: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.375? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 29.11111 × 11111 =
- 30.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 56 (b) 32 (c) 24 (d) 41
- 31.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 32.912 × ? = 9120
- 33.Take 76 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 34.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 75 =
- 35.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 20 =
- 36.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 40 =
- 37.38 × 4 =
- 38.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 6 20 | 18 14 10 | 8 22 ?. What is the missing number?
- 40.54 × 4 =
Answer key
- 90
- 1089
- 46
- 146
- 6
- 9876
- 96
- 19
- 9
- 891
- 13
- 35
- 1111
- 12000
- 225
- 98765432
- Monday
- 11
- 25
- 999
- 76
- 4
- 66
- 777
- 228
- 81
- 1089
- 3
- 123454321
- 41
- 7
- 10
- 63
- 2850
- 210
- 820
- 152
- 2
- 12
- 216
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