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.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 2.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 45 =
- 3.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 49 (b) 68 (c) 14 (d) 28
- 4.Take 167. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.9 × 6 =
- 6.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 94 days? (a) Friday (b) Monday (c) Thursday (d) Saturday
- 7.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 46. What was my number?
- 8.9 × 9 =
- 9.The ages of two twins add up to 28. How old is each twin?
- 10.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 28 (b) 33 (c) 32 (d) 24
- 11.8 × 1000 =
- 12.50 × 4 =
- 13.902 × ? = 9020
- 14.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 4 years?
- 15.56 × 4 =
- 16.Take 391. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.9 × 8 =
- 18.The 7th of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 24th of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Tuesday (d) Friday
- 19.37 × 9 =
- 20.Think of 4. Multiply it by 4, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 21.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 12 7 | 6 10 14 | ? 8 9. What is the missing number?
- 22.Half of 56 =
- 23.12345679 × 9 =
- 24.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 15 days? (a) Monday (b) Tuesday (c) Sunday (d) Thursday
- 25.Take 117. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 96 =
- 27.In 2 years a boy will be 15 years old. How old was he 2 years ago?
- 28.3?70 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 29.161 × ? = 1610
- 30.Double 85 =
- 31.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 64 (b) 65 (c) 48 (d) 56
- 32.11 × 11 =
- 33.Half of 44 =
- 34.431 × 10 =
- 35.Double 54 =
- 36.53 × 4 =
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 470: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.111 × 111 =
- 39.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 82 days? (a) Sunday (b) Friday (c) Saturday (d) Tuesday
- 40.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
Answer key
- 594
- 529
- 68
- 594
- 54
- Friday
- 18
- 81
- 14
- 32
- 8000
- 200
- 10
- 14
- 224
- 198
- 72
- Saturday
- 333
- 22
- 13
- 28
- 111111111
- Monday
- 594
- 4656
- 11
- 8
- 10
- 170
- 64
- 121
- 22
- 4310
- 108
- 212
- 1089
- 12321
- Saturday
- 8
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