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.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) 17 (d) 12
- 2.9 × 1 =
- 3.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 4.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 23 (b) 25 (c) 27 (d) 26
- 5.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 6 (b) 19 (c) 15 (d) 21
- 6.35 × 4 =
- 7.Double 34 =
- 8.9 × 6 =
- 9.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 3. I got 18. What was my number?
- 10.82 × 100 =
- 11.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 67 days? (a) Thursday (b) Tuesday (c) Saturday (d) Wednesday
- 12.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 40 =
- 13.19 × 1000 =
- 14.12345679 × 54 =
- 15.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 2. I got 12. What was my number?
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 17.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 19 =
- 18.16 × 4 =
- 19.4 × 9 =
- 20.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 17 =
- 21.?515 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 22.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 23.8 × 9 =
- 24.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 9. I got 39. What was my number?
- 25.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 31 =
- 26.The 7th of a month is a Thursday. What day is the 28th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Thursday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
- 27.Double 21 =
- 28.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 54. What was my number?
- 29.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 24 (b) 40 (c) 32 (d) 39
- 30.?286 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 16 14 | ? 12 4 | 10 8 18. What is the missing number?
- 32.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 21 =
- 33.21 × 4 =
- 34.The 1st of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 27th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Saturday (c) Monday (d) Sunday
- 35.5?90 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 36.Magic trick! Think of 8. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 8. What number do you get?
- 37.?142 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 38.2 × ? = 2000
- 39.You have 14 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹17. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 391: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 16
- 9
- 8
- 25
- 19
- 140
- 68
- 54
- 3
- 8200
- Wednesday
- 820
- 19000
- 666666666
- 2
- 495
- 100
- 64
- 36
- 81
- 7
- 9
- 72
- 10
- 496
- Thursday
- 42
- 18
- 39
- 2
- 20
- 121
- 84
- Sunday
- 4
- 4
- 2
- 1000
- 3
- 1089
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