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
- 1.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 2.18 × 4 =
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 571: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.The 4th of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 22nd of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Monday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
- 5.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 20 days? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Wednesday (d) Monday
- 6.In 2 years a boy will be 14 years old. How old was he 3 years ago?
- 7.Think of 7. Multiply it by 2, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 8.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 9.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 10.Take 113. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.37 × 3 =
- 12.Take 38 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.296 × ? = 2960
- 15.If today is Monday, what day was it 11 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Friday (c) Sunday (d) Wednesday
- 16.111111 × 111111 =
- 17.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 18.12345678 × 8 + 8 =
- 19.25?4 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 20.50 × 1000 =
- 21.10 × 9 =
- 22.47 × 4 =
- 23.9 × 9 =
- 24.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) 17
- 25.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 23 =
- 26.In 4 years a boy will be 18 years old. How old was he 7 years ago?
- 27.A piggy bank has 6 coins of ₹5 and 7 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 28.66 × ? = 6600
- 29.Take 640. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.A piggy bank has 6 coins of ₹5 and 13 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 31.12345679 × 36 =
- 32.What comes next? 12, 15, 18, 21, ? (a) 24 (b) 21 (c) 25 (d) 27
- 33.198 + 891 =
- 34.846 × 10 =
- 35.?349 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 36.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 10 =
- 37.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 16 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Saturday (c) Sunday (d) Monday
- 38.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 25 (b) 27 (c) 23 (d) 26
- 39.13 × 4 =
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 290: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 9
- 72
- 1089
- Sunday
- Sunday
- 9
- 18
- 3
- 8
- 198
- 111
- 27
- 1089
- 10
- Thursday
- 12345654321
- 3
- 98765432
- 7
- 50000
- 90
- 188
- 81
- 16
- 144
- 7
- 44
- 100
- 594
- 56
- 444444444
- 24
- 1089
- 8460
- 2
- 55
- Sunday
- 25
- 52
- 1089
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