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
- 1.25 × 4 =
- 2.7 × 9 =
- 3.1234567 × 8 + 7 =
- 4.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 49 =
- 5.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 18 (b) 15 (c) 6 (d) 11
- 6.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 7.59 × 10 =
- 8.11? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 9.Take 14 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 10.Take 135. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 730: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.You have 5 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹9. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 14.1 × 9 =
- 15.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 11 =
- 16.You have 9 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹17. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 17.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 29 days? (a) Friday (b) Thursday (c) Wednesday (d) Sunday
- 18.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 25 =
- 19.What comes next? 20, 24, 28, 32, ? (a) 32 (b) 40 (c) 36 (d) 37
- 20.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 22 25 10 | 7 ? 31 | 28 13 16. What is the missing number?
- 21.Take 20 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 22.37 × 4 =
- 23.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 80 days? (a) Monday (b) Sunday (c) Saturday (d) Wednesday
- 24.The 8th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 28th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Tuesday (c) Sunday (d) Monday
- 25.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 69 =
- 26.You have 11 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹19. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 27.Take 911. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.198 + 891 =
- 29.40 × 4 =
- 30.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 13 8 | 7 ? 15 | 14 9 10. What is the missing number?
- 32.23 × 4 =
- 33.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 34.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 52. What was my number?
- 35.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 17 10 15 | 12 ? 16 | 13 18 11. What is the missing number?
- 36.15 × 4 =
- 37.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 37 (b) 34 (c) 36 (d) 38
- 38.87?8 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 39.If today is Sunday, what day was it 60 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Saturday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday
- 40.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 30 (d) 42
Answer key
- 100
- 63
- 9876543
- 625
- 11
- 7
- 590
- 7
- 9
- 396
- 4
- 1089
- 4
- 9
- 66
- 8
- Thursday
- 169
- 36
- 19
- 18
- 148
- Sunday
- Monday
- 2415
- 8
- 792
- 1089
- 160
- 5
- 11
- 92
- 6
- 17
- 14
- 60
- 36
- 4
- Wednesday
- 42
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