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.Half of 88 =
- 2.9 × 1 =
- 3.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 4.3 × 9 =
- 5.37 × 6 =
- 6.The 8th of a month is a Monday. What day is the 25th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Friday (c) Sunday (d) Wednesday
- 7.495 + 594 =
- 8.4 × 1000 =
- 9.48 × ? = 4800
- 10.A girl is 8 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
- 11.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 16. What was my number?
- 12.7 × 1000 =
- 13.6 × 1000 =
- 14.A father is 33 years old and his son is 14. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 15.In 4 years a boy will be 17 years old. How old was he 6 years ago?
- 16.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 18.Double 52 =
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 20.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 21.Half of 162 =
- 22.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 23.What comes next? 36, 49, 64, 81, ? (a) 100 (b) 101 (c) 102 (d) 98
- 24.16 × 4 =
- 25.Double 19 =
- 26.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 39 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Saturday (c) Tuesday (d) Sunday
- 27.Double 55 =
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 29 26 | 35 23 11 | 20 ? 32. What is the missing number?
- 29.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 30.?016 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 31.637 × ? = 6370
- 32.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 79 days? (a) Friday (b) Wednesday (c) Thursday (d) Sunday
- 33.Take 26 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 34.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 45 =
- 35.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 36.32 × 4 =
- 37.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
- 38.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 39.Double 84 =
- 40.40 × 1000 =
Answer key
- 44
- 9
- 1
- 27
- 222
- Thursday
- 1089
- 4000
- 100
- 17
- 4
- 7000
- 6000
- 19
- 7
- 8
- 693
- 104
- 198
- 2
- 81
- 3
- 100
- 64
- 38
- Saturday
- 110
- 17
- 7
- 2
- 10
- Thursday
- 18
- 529
- 1
- 128
- 5
- 5
- 168
- 40000
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