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 8. What is that number?
- 2.The 2nd of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 15th of the same month? (a) Tuesday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Monday
- 3.24 × ? = 2400
- 4.11111 × 11111 =
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 360: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.10 × 4 =
- 7.A father is 41 years old and his son is 9. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 8.12345678 × 9 + 9 =
- 9.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 10.11 × 1000 =
- 11.5 × 1000 =
- 12.Half of 42 =
- 13.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 13 28 | 31 19 ? | 10 25 22. What is the missing number?
- 14.90 × 10 =
- 15.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 815: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.891 + 198 =
- 18.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 29 =
- 19.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 20.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 95 =
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 22.12345678 × 8 + 8 =
- 23.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 22 days? (a) Thursday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Monday
- 24.If today is Monday, what day was it 57 days ago? (a) Monday (b) Sunday (c) Saturday (d) Wednesday
- 25.1 × 9 =
- 26.Think of 3. Multiply it by 5, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 28.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 30 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Thursday (c) Sunday (d) Monday
- 29.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 42 (b) 66 (c) 28 (d) 21
- 30.Take 58 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 31.Double 78 =
- 32.Double 41 =
- 33.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 7 =
- 34.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 51 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Monday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
- 35.18 × 4 =
- 36.37 × 24 =
- 37.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 38.792 + 297 =
- 39.Half of 114 =
- 40.594 + 495 =
Answer key
- 891
- Monday
- 100
- 123454321
- 1089
- 40
- 32
- 111111111
- 9
- 11000
- 5000
- 21
- 7
- 900
- 6
- 1089
- 1089
- 225
- 2
- 4560
- 693
- 98765432
- Friday
- Sunday
- 9
- 19
- 594
- Monday
- 66
- 45
- 156
- 82
- 28
- Sunday
- 72
- 888
- 297
- 1089
- 57
- 1089
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