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.
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- 1.Double 67 =
- 2.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 3.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 44 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Monday
- 4.12 × 8 + 2 =
- 5.12345679 × 72 =
- 6.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 29 days? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) Saturday (d) Thursday
- 7.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 8.The ages of two twins add up to 26. How old is each twin?
- 9.52 × 4 =
- 10.The ages of two twins add up to 16. How old is each twin?
- 11.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 58 =
- 12.123 × 8 + 3 =
- 13.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 21 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) 42
- 14.36 × 4 =
- 15.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 74 days? (a) Monday (b) Wednesday (c) Sunday (d) Saturday
- 16.Take 927. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.10 × 9 =
- 18.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 29 =
- 19.?710 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 20.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 ? 27 | 30 18 6 | 9 24 21. What is the missing number?
- 21.Take 57 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 22.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 77 =
- 23.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 46 =
- 24.37 × 4 =
- 25.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 19 days? (a) Saturday (b) Tuesday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 26.55 × 4 =
- 27.409 × ? = 4090
- 28.5 × 9 =
- 29.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 37 =
- 30.The 1st of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 25th of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Friday (c) Thursday (d) Monday
- 31.9 × 4 =
- 32.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 33.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 34.Magic trick! Think of 10. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 10. What number do you get?
- 35.The 8th of a month is a Thursday. What day is the 19th of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Monday (c) Tuesday (d) Thursday
- 36.What comes next? 36, 49, 64, 81, ? (a) 101 (b) 98 (c) 102 (d) 100
- 37.The ages of two twins add up to 12. How old is each twin?
- 38.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 62 (b) 65 (c) 64 (d) 66
- 39.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 36 =
- 40.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 73 =
Answer key
- 134
- 4
- Tuesday
- 98
- 888888888
- Friday
- 4
- 13
- 208
- 8
- 1711
- 987
- 21
- 144
- Sunday
- 198
- 90
- 225
- 1
- 12
- 45
- 3003
- 1081
- 148
- Wednesday
- 220
- 10
- 45
- 361
- Friday
- 36
- 5
- 2
- 9
- Monday
- 100
- 6
- 64
- 666
- 2701
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