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.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 11 6 | 5 ? 13 | 12 7 8. What is the missing number?
- 2.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 32 =
- 3.26 × 4 =
- 4.12345679 × 54 =
- 5.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 6.13 × 4 =
- 7.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 8.1234567 × 9 + 8 =
- 9.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 10.1234567 × 8 + 7 =
- 11.7?66 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 12.Think of 14. Multiply it by 4, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 179: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 641. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 16.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 70 (b) 81 (c) 80 (d) 60
- 17.934 × ? = 9340
- 18.What comes next? 4, 7, 10, 13, ? (a) 16 (b) 19 (c) 17 (d) 13
- 19.9 × 9 =
- 20.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 21.The ages of two twins add up to 30. How old is each twin?
- 22.297 + 792 =
- 23.12345679 × 18 =
- 24.Take 58 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 25.123456789 × 8 + 9 =
- 26.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 37 =
- 27.19 × 4 =
- 28.2 × 9 =
- 29.You have 14 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹20. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 30.12 × 9 + 3 =
- 31.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 32.16 × 4 =
- 33.47 × 4 =
- 34.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 85 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Tuesday (c) Thursday (d) Saturday
- 35.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 ? 9 | 10 12 14 | 15 8 13. What is the missing number?
- 36.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 75 =
- 37.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 25 15 17 | 11 19 27 | ? 23 13. What is the missing number?
- 39.69? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 40.The 4th of a month is a Friday. What day is the 13th of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Monday (c) Wednesday (d) Sunday
Answer key
- 9
- 528
- 104
- 666666666
- 1
- 52
- 9
- 11111111
- 8
- 9876543
- 8
- 62
- 1089
- 495
- 0
- 80
- 10
- 16
- 81
- 2
- 15
- 1089
- 222222222
- 45
- 987654321
- 703
- 76
- 18
- 6
- 111
- 5
- 64
- 188
- Wednesday
- 16
- 2850
- 1
- 21
- 3
- Sunday
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