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
- 1.198 + 891 =
- 2.Half of 114 =
- 3.A father is 43 years old and his son is 9. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 4.81 × ? = 810
- 5.11 × 11 =
- 6.28 × 100 =
- 7.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 31 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Tuesday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
- 8.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 11 =
- 9.173 × 10 =
- 10.What comes next? 2, 7, 12, 17, ? (a) 23 (b) 17 (c) 22 (d) 27
- 11.Half of 34 =
- 12.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 32. What was my number?
- 13.12345679 × 63 =
- 14.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 15.4?68 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 16.37 × 15 =
- 17.Half of 134 =
- 18.35 × 4 =
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 20.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 1. I got 31. What was my number?
- 21.Take 34 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 22.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 23.7 × 9 =
- 24.221? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 25.Think of 3. Multiply it by 2, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 26.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 17 =
- 27.Double 41 =
- 28.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 29.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 5 ? 7 | 10 8 6 | 9 4 11. What is the missing number?
- 30.9 × 1 =
- 31.Double 69 =
- 32.994 × ? = 9940
- 33.Double 73 =
- 34.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 17 7 | 5 13 ? | 19 9 11. What is the missing number?
- 35.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 8 9 | 6 10 14 | 11 ? 7. What is the missing number?
- 36.9 × 5 =
- 37.1234 × 8 + 4 =
- 38.25?0 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 39.19 × 4 =
- 40.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 5 15 ? | 19 11 3 | 9 7 17. What is the missing number?
Answer key
- 1089
- 57
- 34
- 10
- 121
- 2800
- Saturday
- 36
- 1730
- 22
- 17
- 8
- 777777777
- 2
- 9
- 555
- 67
- 140
- 693
- 10
- 27
- 6
- 63
- 4
- 9
- 153
- 82
- 4
- 12
- 9
- 138
- 10
- 146
- 21
- 12
- 45
- 9876
- 2
- 76
- 13
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