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 × 9 =
- 2.996 × 10 =
- 3.41 × ? = 4100
- 4.If today is Saturday, what day was it 34 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Wednesday (d) Monday
- 5.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
- 6.A girl is 12 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 4 years?
- 7.Take 62 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 8.A girl is 12 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 4 years?
- 9.826 × 10 =
- 10.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 16 (b) 17 (c) 14 (d) 12
- 11.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 27 (b) 26 (c) 23 (d) 25
- 12.Half of 192 =
- 13.111111 × 111111 =
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 22 8 | 10 14 18 | 20 6 ?. What is the missing number?
- 15.832? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 16.Half of 182 =
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 210: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.12 × 8 + 2 =
- 19.348 × 10 =
- 20.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 35 ? | 17 23 29 | 32 11 26. What is the missing number?
- 21.12345678 × 9 + 9 =
- 22.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 77 =
- 23.693 + 396 =
- 24.What comes next? 17, 23, 29, 35, ? (a) 47 (b) 35 (c) 42 (d) 41
- 25.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 44 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Thursday (c) Sunday (d) Monday
- 26.7 × 9 =
- 27.Half of 112 =
- 28.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 40. What was my number?
- 29.Take 21 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 30.The 4th of a month is a Friday. What day is the 18th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Monday
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 824: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.17 × 1000 =
- 33.11 × 11 =
- 34.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 91 =
- 35.52 × 4 =
- 36.17 × 4 =
- 37.If today is Saturday, what day was it 38 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Saturday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 38.?377 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 39.707 × ? = 7070
- 40.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 17 19 9 | 7 15 23 | 21 11 ?. What is the missing number?
Answer key
- 81
- 9960
- 100
- Sunday
- 13
- 19
- 54
- 22
- 8260
- 16
- 25
- 96
- 12345654321
- 16
- 5
- 91
- 1089
- 98
- 3480
- 14
- 111111111
- 3003
- 1089
- 41
- Monday
- 63
- 56
- 17
- 18
- Friday
- 1089
- 17000
- 121
- 4186
- 208
- 68
- Wednesday
- 1
- 10
- 13
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