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 39 years old and his son is 9. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 2.The 4th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 12th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Sunday (c) Saturday (d) Monday
- 3.Half of 96 =
- 4.Double 95 =
- 5.25 × 4 =
- 6.12 × 4 =
- 7.1 × 9 =
- 8.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 9.12345679 × 9 =
- 10.Double 16 =
- 11.Double 83 =
- 12.396 + 693 =
- 13.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 13 28 | ? 19 7 | 10 25 22. What is the missing number?
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 31 16 | 25 19 13 | ? 7 28. What is the missing number?
- 15.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 43 =
- 16.A father is 45 years old and his son is 9. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 17.Magic trick! Think of 11. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 17 15 | 21 ? 5 | 11 9 19. What is the missing number?
- 19.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 72 =
- 20.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 18 21 6 | 3 15 27 | 24 ? 12. What is the missing number?
- 21.19 × 1000 =
- 22.792 + 297 =
- 23.What comes next? 8, 14, 20, 26, ? (a) 38 (b) 26 (c) 33 (d) 32
- 24.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 23 20 | 29 17 5 | ? 11 26. What is the missing number?
- 25.9 × 2 =
- 26.46 × 1000 =
- 27.89?6 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 28.90 × ? = 9000
- 29.37 × 9 =
- 30.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 33 (b) 27 (c) 81 (d) 54
- 31.3 × 9 =
- 32.The 2nd of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 14th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Sunday (c) Monday (d) Saturday
- 33.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.53 × 4 =
- 35.9 × 4 =
- 36.198 + 891 =
- 37.The ages of two twins add up to 20. How old is each twin?
- 38.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 39.8 × 4 =
- 40.Half of 118 =
Answer key
- 30
- Sunday
- 48
- 190
- 100
- 48
- 9
- 2
- 111111111
- 32
- 166
- 1089
- 31
- 22
- 484
- 36
- 5
- 13
- 2628
- 9
- 19000
- 1089
- 32
- 14
- 18
- 46000
- 4
- 100
- 333
- 33
- 27
- Sunday
- 792
- 212
- 36
- 1089
- 10
- 1
- 32
- 59
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