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.What comes next? 5, 12, 19, 26, ? (a) 34 (b) 33 (c) 26 (d) 40
- 2.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 52 =
- 3.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 4.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 9. I got 30. What was my number?
- 5.If today is Friday, what day was it 8 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Sunday (c) Friday (d) Thursday
- 6.10 × 9 =
- 7.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 17 32 | 35 23 11 | 14 29 ?. What is the missing number?
- 8.If today is Sunday, what day was it 25 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Thursday (c) Wednesday (d) Saturday
- 9.A father is 33 years old and his son is 4. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 10.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 62 (b) 66 (c) 64 (d) 65
- 11.In 3 years a boy will be 13 years old. How old was he 2 years ago?
- 12.Double 51 =
- 13.Take 62 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 14.Double 61 =
- 15.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 16.What comes next? 19, 23, 27, 31, ? (a) 31 (b) 36 (c) 35 (d) 39
- 17.27 × 4 =
- 18.57 × 4 =
- 19.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 20.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 48 (b) 49 (c) 42 (d) 36
- 21.Take 16 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 22.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 93 =
- 23.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 24.20 × 100 =
- 25.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 26.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 27.Take 85 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 28.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 37 (b) 38 (c) 36 (d) 34
- 29.Take 39 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 30.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 31 days? (a) Thursday (b) Friday (c) Monday (d) Saturday
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 17 10 | 11 13 15 | ? 9 14. What is the missing number?
- 32.What comes next? 6, 12, 18, 24, ? (a) 30 (b) 36 (c) 24 (d) 31
- 33.A father is 38 years old and his son is 7. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 34.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 19 =
- 35.In 5 years a boy will be 17 years old. How old was he 2 years ago?
- 36.4 × 9 =
- 37.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 38.3 × 9 =
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 22 ? | 4 16 28 | 25 10 13. What is the missing number?
- 40.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 56 (b) 64 (c) 48 (d) 65
Answer key
- 33
- 1378
- 0
- 7
- Thursday
- 90
- 26
- Wednesday
- 29
- 64
- 8
- 102
- 54
- 122
- 4
- 35
- 108
- 228
- 9
- 48
- 9
- 4371
- 5
- 2000
- 4
- 7
- 72
- 36
- 27
- Friday
- 16
- 30
- 31
- 100
- 10
- 36
- 6
- 27
- 7
- 64
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