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Maths tricks trick 15: Mixed trick challenge · Set 710 · 40 questions
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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. 1.10 × 9 =
  2. 2.50 × 4 =
  3. 3.9 × 6 =
  4. 4.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 75 =
  5. 5.If today is Saturday, what day was it 42 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Tuesday (c) Saturday (d) Friday
  6. 6.What comes next? 9, 11, 13, 15, ? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) 18 (d) 17
  7. 7.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 17 10 | 11 13 15 | 16 ? 14. What is the missing number?
  8. 8.28 × 100 =
  9. 9.A girl is 7 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
  10. 10.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 3 13 | 7 11 15 | 9 19 5. What is the missing number?
  11. 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
  12. 12.36 × 4 =
  13. 13.46 × 4 =
  14. 14.23 × 100 =
  15. 15.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
  16. 16.Think of 15. Multiply it by 4, then add 6. What number do you end with?
  17. 17.Think of 13. Multiply it by 2, then add 4. What number do you end with?
  18. 18.Take 62 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
  19. 19.1234 × 8 + 4 =
  20. 20.631 × ? = 6310
  21. 21.56 × 4 =
  22. 22.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  23. 23.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
  24. 24.Take 60 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
  25. 25.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
  26. 26.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 76 =
  27. 27.9 × 2 =
  28. 28.A girl is 11 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 5 years?
  29. 29.14 × 1000 =
  30. 30.37 × 9 =
  31. 31.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 9 =
  32. 32.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
  33. 33.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
  34. 34.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 4 18 8 | 14 10 6 | ? 2 16. What is the missing number?
  35. 35.123 × 9 + 4 =
  36. 36.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 73 =
  37. 37.Do the 1089 trick with 156: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  38. 38.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
  39. 39.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 47 =
  40. 40.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 13 =

Answer key

  1. 90
  2. 200
  3. 54
  4. 2850
  5. Saturday
  6. 17
  7. 9
  8. 2800
  9. 15
  10. 17
  11. 495
  12. 144
  13. 184
  14. 2300
  15. 5
  16. 66
  17. 30
  18. 54
  19. 9876
  20. 10
  21. 224
  22. 891
  23. 3
  24. 54
  25. 4
  26. 2926
  27. 18
  28. 19
  29. 14000
  30. 333
  31. 45
  32. 1
  33. 18
  34. 12
  35. 1111
  36. 2701
  37. 1089
  38. 2
  39. 576
  40. 49

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