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
- 1.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 78 =
- 2.2?05 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 3.1?59 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 4.The 1st of a month is a Friday. What day is the 14th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Thursday (c) Sunday (d) Friday
- 5.28 × 4 =
- 6.12345679 × 9 =
- 7.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 48 (b) 56 (c) 64 (d) 65
- 8.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 89 =
- 9.123 × 9 + 4 =
- 10.37 × 4 =
- 11.Take 890. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.52 × 4 =
- 13.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 29 ? 17 | 8 20 32 | 23 26 11. What is the missing number?
- 14.Take 11 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 16.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 13 =
- 17.Double 19 =
- 18.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 83 (b) 82 (c) 79 (d) 81
- 19.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 73 =
- 20.9 × 1 =
- 21.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 5 26 | 23 17 11 | 8 29 14. What is the missing number?
- 22.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 53 days? (a) Monday (b) Wednesday (c) Sunday (d) Saturday
- 23.6?19 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 24.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 9 years?
- 25.9 × 8 =
- 26.A father is 41 years old and his son is 11. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 27.1111 × 1111 =
- 28.A girl is 8 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
- 29.123456 × 9 + 7 =
- 30.3 × 9 =
- 31.198 + 891 =
- 32.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 33.15 × 4 =
- 34.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 79 days? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday
- 35.27 × ? = 27000
- 36.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 35 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) 56
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 31 ? 19 | 10 22 34 | 25 28 13. What is the missing number?
- 39.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 51 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) Thursday
- 40.A girl is 6 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 8 years?
Answer key
- 3081
- 2
- 3
- Thursday
- 112
- 111111111
- 64
- 4005
- 1111
- 148
- 792
- 208
- 14
- 9
- 594
- 91
- 38
- 81
- 2701
- 9
- 20
- Sunday
- 2
- 20
- 72
- 30
- 1234321
- 13
- 1111111
- 27
- 1089
- 6
- 60
- Wednesday
- 1000
- 19
- 1089
- 16
- Monday
- 20
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