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
- 1.541? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 2.56 × 100 =
- 3.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 29 =
- 4.4?85 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 5.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 35 =
- 6.84 × 100 =
- 7.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 74 days? (a) Thursday (b) Saturday (c) Monday (d) Friday
- 8.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 33 (b) 32 (c) 24 (d) 28
- 9.The 5th of a month is a Friday. What day is the 24th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Thursday (c) Saturday (d) Tuesday
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 11.981 × ? = 9810
- 12.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 17 =
- 13.643 × ? = 6430
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 428: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 8 ? | 14 12 10 | 9 16 11. What is the missing number?
- 16.11 × 11 =
- 17.Take 760. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.46 × 4 =
- 19.66 × ? = 6600
- 20.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 81 (b) 60 (c) 70 (d) 80
- 21.1 × 9 =
- 22.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 24 ? | 6 18 30 | 27 12 15. What is the missing number?
- 23.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 37 days ago? (a) Monday (b) Thursday (c) Sunday (d) Tuesday
- 24.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 6 16 | ? 10 2 | 4 14 12. What is the missing number?
- 25.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 33 (b) 72 (c) 48 (d) 24
- 26.21 × 1000 =
- 27.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 28.Half of 146 =
- 29.19 × 4 =
- 30.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 9 16 | 15 13 11 | 10 17 ?. What is the missing number?
- 31.1234567 × 8 + 7 =
- 32.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 33.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 34.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 23 8 | 5 17 29 | ? 11 14. What is the missing number?
- 35.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 36.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 37.12 × 9 + 3 =
- 38.What comes next? 1, 7, 13, 19, ? (a) 25 (b) 19 (c) 31 (d) 26
- 39.Take 76 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 40.A girl is 8 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 4 years?
Answer key
- 8
- 5600
- 225
- 1
- 324
- 8400
- Friday
- 32
- Wednesday
- 495
- 10
- 81
- 10
- 1089
- 15
- 121
- 693
- 184
- 100
- 80
- 9
- 9
- Monday
- 18
- 33
- 21000
- 2
- 73
- 76
- 12
- 9876543
- 2
- 5
- 26
- 4
- 5
- 111
- 25
- 63
- 18
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