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.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 25 ? 13 | 10 22 34 | 31 16 19. What is the missing number?
- 2.37 × 3 =
- 3.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 17 27 13 | ? 19 23 | 25 11 21. What is the missing number?
- 4.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 25 =
- 5.9 × 7 =
- 6.Double 49 =
- 7.A girl is 10 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 5 years?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 620: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.What comes next? 3, 10, 17, 24, ? (a) 31 (b) 32 (c) 38 (d) 24
- 10.Take 169. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.84 × ? = 8400
- 12.The ages of two twins add up to 30. How old is each twin?
- 13.297 + 792 =
- 14.9 × 9 =
- 15.32 × 100 =
- 16.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 42 (b) 36 (c) 48 (d) 49
- 17.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 30. What was my number?
- 18.44 × ? = 44000
- 19.Half of 74 =
- 20.What comes next? 7, 12, 17, 22, ? (a) 22 (b) 27 (c) 28 (d) 32
- 21.9 × 3 =
- 22.12345679 × 18 =
- 23.7 × 9 =
- 24.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 32 =
- 25.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 26.You have 5 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹6. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 27.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 28.9 × 2 =
- 29.334? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 30.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 31.A father is 37 years old and his son is 13. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 32.Take 50 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 33.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 27 =
- 34.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 35.6?25 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 36.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 37.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 84 =
- 38.12345679 × 27 =
- 39.59 × 4 =
- 40.What comes next? 36, 49, 64, 81, ? (a) 98 (b) 100 (c) 101 (d) 102
Answer key
- 28
- 111
- 15
- 325
- 63
- 98
- 17
- 1089
- 31
- 792
- 100
- 15
- 1089
- 81
- 3200
- 48
- 10
- 1000
- 37
- 27
- 27
- 222222222
- 63
- 528
- 9
- 1
- 4
- 18
- 8
- 4
- 24
- 45
- 196
- 5
- 5
- 5
- 3570
- 333333333
- 236
- 100
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