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 ages of two twins add up to 8. How old is each twin?
- 2.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 65 =
- 3.7 × 9 =
- 4.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 5. I got 27. What was my number?
- 5.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 2. I got 23. What was my number?
- 6.11111 × 11111 =
- 7.594 + 495 =
- 8.You have 11 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹15. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 9.Think of 2. Multiply it by 3, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 10.11 × 4 =
- 11.Half of 162 =
- 12.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 13 =
- 13.Take 470. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.36 × 10 =
- 15.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
- 16.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 8 =
- 17.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 2. I got 20. What was my number?
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 32 11 26 | 17 23 ? | 20 35 14. What is the missing number?
- 19.In 4 years a boy will be 12 years old. How old was he 3 years ago?
- 20.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 21.198 + 891 =
- 22.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 7 12 | 13 ? 5 | 6 11 10. What is the missing number?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 25.Take 87 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 26.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 33 =
- 27.Take 881. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.891 + 198 =
- 29.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 30.The ages of two twins add up to 22. How old is each twin?
- 31.Take 18 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 32.Half of 18 =
- 33.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 11 =
- 34.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 21 7 | 9 13 ? | 19 5 15. What is the missing number?
- 35.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 51 (b) 47 (c) 50 (d) 49
- 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 9 23 | 21 ? 13 | 11 25 15. What is the missing number?
- 37.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 36 =
- 38.57 × 10 =
- 39.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 24. What was my number?
- 40.85 × ? = 8500
Answer key
- 4
- 2145
- 63
- 11
- 7
- 123454321
- 1089
- 4
- 15
- 44
- 81
- 49
- 396
- 360
- 3
- 36
- 9
- 29
- 5
- 7
- 1089
- 9
- 495
- 792
- 72
- 561
- 693
- 1089
- 2
- 11
- 9
- 9
- 36
- 17
- 49
- 17
- 666
- 570
- 3
- 100
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