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 father is 36 years old and his son is 10. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 2.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 12 27 | 30 18 6 | ? 24 21. What is the missing number?
- 3.891 + 198 =
- 4.590? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 5.43 × 4 =
- 6.9 × 4 =
- 7.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 8.45 × 4 =
- 9.?622 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 10.A girl is 11 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
- 11.12 × 8 + 2 =
- 12.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 15 days? (a) Monday (b) Wednesday (c) Sunday (d) Saturday
- 13.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 14.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 56 (b) 65 (c) 64 (d) 48
- 15.Take 91 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 16.What comes next? 2, 9, 16, 23, ? (a) 23 (b) 37 (c) 30 (d) 31
- 17.Half of 82 =
- 18.25 × 4 =
- 19.If today is Friday, what day was it 45 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Monday (c) Friday (d) Wednesday
- 20.15 × ? = 15000
- 21.Half of 182 =
- 22.43 × 1000 =
- 23.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 11 13 | 7 15 23 | 17 19 ?. What is the missing number?
- 24.55 × 4 =
- 25.The 8th of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 23rd of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) Tuesday
- 26.12345 × 8 + 5 =
- 27.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 32 (b) 24 (c) 33 (d) 28
- 28.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 66 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Monday (c) Friday (d) Tuesday
- 29.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 9. I got 33. What was my number?
- 30.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 4 5 | 2 6 10 | 7 ? 3. What is the missing number?
- 31.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 32.A girl is 10 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
- 33.Half of 92 =
- 34.51 × 4 =
- 35.A father is 45 years old and his son is 11. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 36.123 × 9 + 4 =
- 37.7 × 9 =
- 38.123 × 8 + 3 =
- 39.Double 12 =
- 40.9 × 7 =
Answer key
- 26
- 9
- 1089
- 4
- 172
- 36
- 1
- 180
- 8
- 18
- 98
- Sunday
- 8
- 64
- 81
- 30
- 41
- 100
- Tuesday
- 1000
- 91
- 43000
- 9
- 220
- Monday
- 98765
- 32
- Tuesday
- 8
- 8
- 3
- 18
- 46
- 204
- 34
- 1111
- 63
- 987
- 24
- 63
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