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
- 1.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 29 =
- 2.Half of 132 =
- 3.7 × 9 =
- 4.Double 79 =
- 5.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 18 21 6 | ? 15 27 | 24 9 12. What is the missing number?
- 6.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 26 11 14 | ? 17 29 | 20 23 8. What is the missing number?
- 7.Take 71 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 8.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 14 days? (a) Sunday (b) Monday (c) Thursday (d) Tuesday
- 9.37 × 100 =
- 10.Magic trick! Think of 17. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 17. What number do you get?
- 11.594 + 495 =
- 12.31 × ? = 31000
- 13.43 × 4 =
- 14.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 48. What was my number?
- 15.111111 × 111111 =
- 16.A piggy bank has 11 coins of ₹5 and 14 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 17.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 23 (b) 26 (c) 27 (d) 25
- 18.Think of 5. Multiply it by 4, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 19.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 90 =
- 20.A girl is 11 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 2 years?
- 21.Half of 112 =
- 22.Half of 72 =
- 23.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 42. What was my number?
- 24.If today is Saturday, what day was it 39 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Monday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday
- 25.What comes next? 36, 49, 64, 81, ? (a) 100 (b) 98 (c) 102 (d) 101
- 26.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 30 =
- 27.31 × ? = 310
- 28.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 16 =
- 29.22 × ? = 2200
- 30.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 64 (b) 48 (c) 32 (d) 47
- 31.The ages of two twins add up to 8. How old is each twin?
- 32.Half of 48 =
- 33.4?69 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 34.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 59 =
- 35.37 × 21 =
- 36.Take 32 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 37.97 × 100 =
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 4 5 | 2 ? 10 | 7 8 3. What is the missing number?
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 8 13 | 14 10 6 | 7 12 ?. What is the missing number?
- 40.9 × 4 =
Answer key
- 225
- 66
- 63
- 158
- 3
- 5
- 63
- Monday
- 3700
- 3
- 1089
- 1000
- 172
- 18
- 12345654321
- 83
- 25
- 25
- 4095
- 18
- 56
- 36
- 12
- Tuesday
- 100
- 465
- 10
- 136
- 100
- 47
- 4
- 24
- 8
- 1770
- 777
- 27
- 9700
- 6
- 11
- 36
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