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.The 4th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 28th of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Wednesday (c) Tuesday (d) Monday
- 2.Half of 102 =
- 3.31 × 1000 =
- 4.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 43 (b) 35 (c) 50 (d) 20
- 5.Take 972. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.2 × 9 =
- 7.?74 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 8.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 17 (d) 9
- 9.Take 720. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 80 (b) 60 (c) 81 (d) 70
- 11.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 32 days? (a) Saturday (b) Sunday (c) Friday (d) Tuesday
- 12.111111 × 111111 =
- 13.42 × 4 =
- 14.9 × 10 =
- 15.49 × 4 =
- 16.Take 357. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.The ages of two twins add up to 10. How old is each twin?
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 ? 20 | 26 18 10 | 16 14 24. What is the missing number?
- 19.Think of 13. Multiply it by 5, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 20.11 × 11 =
- 21.9 × 7 =
- 22.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 43 =
- 23.A father is 32 years old and his son is 7. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 24.A father is 33 years old and his son is 5. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 308: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.9 × 3 =
- 27.Think of 13. Multiply it by 5, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 28.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 29.9 × 6 =
- 30.852 × 10 =
- 31.Double 14 =
- 32.Double 87 =
- 33.9 × 9 =
- 34.Half of 54 =
- 35.13 × 4 =
- 36.A girl is 11 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
- 37.Think of 14. Multiply it by 2, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 38.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 37 =
- 39.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 40.Double 54 =
Answer key
- Tuesday
- 51
- 31000
- 43
- 693
- 18
- 7
- 17
- 693
- 80
- Saturday
- 12345654321
- 168
- 90
- 196
- 396
- 5
- 22
- 68
- 121
- 63
- 946
- 25
- 28
- 1089
- 27
- 70
- 3
- 54
- 8520
- 28
- 174
- 81
- 27
- 52
- 20
- 37
- 361
- 7
- 108
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