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 9 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 9 years?
- 2.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 3.12345679 × 45 =
- 4.What comes next? 4, 10, 16, 22, ? (a) 22 (b) 28 (c) 29 (d) 34
- 5.5?08 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 6.Magic trick! Think of 5. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 5. What number do you get?
- 7.99 × ? = 990
- 8.A girl is 10 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
- 9.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 16 14 | 20 12 4 | 10 ? 18. What is the missing number?
- 10.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 10 5 | 4 8 12 | 11 6 ?. What is the missing number?
- 11.You have 9 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹16. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 12.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 83 =
- 13.8?47 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 14.What comes next? 6, 9, 12, 15, ? (a) 15 (b) 21 (c) 19 (d) 18
- 15.9 × 7 =
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 149: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.40 × 4 =
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 10 25 | 28 16 4 | 7 22 19. What is the missing number?
- 19.Take 134. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.If today is Sunday, what day was it 10 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 21.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 36 =
- 22.29 × 1000 =
- 23.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 24.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 17 14 29 | 32 ? 8 | 11 26 23. What is the missing number?
- 25.42 × 1000 =
- 26.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 89 =
- 27.Double 42 =
- 28.12 × 8 + 2 =
- 29.?055 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 30.The 3rd of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 19th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Tuesday (c) Wednesday (d) Friday
- 31.Double 49 =
- 32.9 × 5 =
- 33.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 34 days? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Monday (d) Wednesday
- 34.Take 298. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 6 27 | 24 18 12 | 9 30 15. What is the missing number?
- 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 11 26 | ? 17 5 | 8 23 20. What is the missing number?
- 37.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 4 years?
- 38.Think of 14. Multiply it by 5, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 39.A father is 31 years old and his son is 8. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 40.?876 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
Answer key
- 20
- 3
- 555555555
- 28
- 5
- 5
- 10
- 15
- 8
- 7
- 7
- 3486
- 8
- 18
- 63
- 1089
- 160
- 13
- 297
- Thursday
- 666
- 29000
- 7
- 20
- 42000
- 4005
- 84
- 98
- 8
- Tuesday
- 98
- 45
- Sunday
- 594
- 21
- 29
- 13
- 72
- 23
- 6
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