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.Double 53 =
- 2.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 59 =
- 3.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 4.693 + 396 =
- 5.4 × 1000 =
- 6.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 17 =
- 7.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 8.Double 89 =
- 9.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 24 10 20 | 14 ? 22 | 16 26 12. What is the missing number?
- 10.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 81 =
- 11.9 × 1 =
- 12.Take 26 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 13.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 8 9 | 6 10 14 | ? 12 7. What is the missing number?
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 22 7 28 | 25 19 13 | 10 ? 16. What is the missing number?
- 15.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 35 (b) 36 (c) 10 (d) 20
- 16.A girl is 10 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 5 10 | 11 7 3 | 4 9 ?. What is the missing number?
- 19.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 20.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 65 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Friday (c) Monday (d) Tuesday
- 21.41 × 1000 =
- 22.What comes next? 3, 6, 9, 12, ? (a) 15 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 18
- 23.50 × 4 =
- 24.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 25.18 × 4 =
- 26.594 + 495 =
- 27.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 5 ? 9 | 15 11 7 | 13 3 17. What is the missing number?
- 28.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 52 =
- 29.In 3 years a boy will be 11 years old. How old was he 3 years ago?
- 30.Think of 11. Multiply it by 2, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 31.13?5 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 32.?208 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 33.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 2 7 | 4 6 8 | 5 ? 3. What is the missing number?
- 34.12345679 × 81 =
- 35.129 × ? = 1290
- 36.9 × 2 =
- 37.?034 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 17 10 15 | 12 14 16 | ? 18 11. What is the missing number?
- 39.Double 55 =
- 40.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 15 30 | 33 21 9 | 12 27 24. What is the missing number?
Answer key
- 106
- 1770
- 3
- 1089
- 4000
- 81
- 6
- 178
- 18
- 3321
- 9
- 18
- 11
- 31
- 36
- 22
- 495
- 8
- 7
- Tuesday
- 41000
- 15
- 200
- 2
- 72
- 1089
- 19
- 1378
- 5
- 27
- 9
- 8
- 10
- 999999999
- 10
- 18
- 2
- 13
- 110
- 18
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