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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- 1.12345679 × 18 =
- 2.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.4 × ? = 4000
- 4.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 5.3 × 100 =
- 6.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 7.Take 66 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 8.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 51 (b) 49 (c) 50 (d) 47
- 9.Take 27 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 10.9 × 3 =
- 11.If today is Sunday, what day was it 27 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Thursday (c) Sunday (d) Monday
- 12.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 21 =
- 13.12345679 × 72 =
- 14.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 15.Take 41 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 16.13 × 1000 =
- 17.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 9 16 | 15 13 11 | ? 17 12. What is the missing number?
- 18.Double 14 =
- 19.11111 × 11111 =
- 20.47 × 4 =
- 21.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 16 31 | 34 22 10 | 13 28 ?. What is the missing number?
- 22.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 23.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 24.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 84 days? (a) Monday (b) Wednesday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
- 25.Take 916. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.33 × 4 =
- 27.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 39 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Thursday (c) Sunday (d) Friday
- 28.37 × 4 =
- 29.A piggy bank has 2 coins of ₹5 and 2 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 30.39 × ? = 39000
- 31.56 × 4 =
- 32.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 11 26 | 17 23 29 | 20 35 14. What is the missing number?
- 33.9 × 4 =
- 34.241 × ? = 2410
- 35.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 70 (b) 60 (c) 81 (d) 80
- 36.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 37.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 14 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 17
- 38.9 × 5 =
- 39.A piggy bank has 12 coins of ₹5 and 15 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 965: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 222222222
- 792
- 1000
- 2
- 300
- 3
- 54
- 49
- 18
- 27
- Monday
- 231
- 888888888
- 1
- 36
- 13000
- 10
- 28
- 123454321
- 188
- 25
- 7
- 6
- Sunday
- 297
- 132
- Thursday
- 148
- 14
- 1000
- 224
- 32
- 36
- 10
- 80
- 3
- 16
- 45
- 90
- 1089
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