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.What comes next? 18, 20, 22, 24, ? (a) 28 (b) 26 (c) 24 (d) 27
- 2.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 25 11 21 | 15 19 23 | 17 ? 13. What is the missing number?
- 3.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 15 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Monday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
- 4.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 25 =
- 5.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 51 (b) 50 (c) 47 (d) 49
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 7.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 8.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 5. I got 60. What was my number?
- 9.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 23 =
- 10.What comes next? 1, 8, 15, 22, ? (a) 29 (b) 22 (c) 36 (d) 30
- 11.Magic trick! Think of 9. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 9. What number do you get?
- 12.1111 × 1111 =
- 13.59 × 4 =
- 14.Take 43 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 15.What comes next? 16, 19, 22, 25, ? (a) 31 (b) 29 (c) 28 (d) 25
- 16.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 8 13 | 10 12 14 | ? 16 9. What is the missing number?
- 17.442 × 10 =
- 18.9 × 2 =
- 19.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 20.792 + 297 =
- 21.The ages of two twins add up to 8. How old is each twin?
- 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 23.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 24.9 × 4 =
- 25.9 × 10 =
- 26.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 27.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 28.12345679 × 63 =
- 29.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 5. I got 50. What was my number?
- 30.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 26 (b) 23 (c) 25 (d) 27
- 31.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 2. I got 12. What was my number?
- 32.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 15 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 9
- 33.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 12 7 | 6 10 14 | 13 8 ?. What is the missing number?
- 34.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 18 (b) 21 (c) 12 (d) 10
- 35.29 × 4 =
- 36.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 37.1 × 9 =
- 38.Take 84 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 39.10 × 9 =
- 40.Take 71 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
Answer key
- 26
- 27
- Sunday
- 169
- 49
- 198
- 2
- 11
- 276
- 29
- 8
- 1234321
- 236
- 36
- 28
- 11
- 4420
- 18
- 4
- 1089
- 4
- 693
- 8
- 36
- 90
- 6
- 8
- 777777777
- 15
- 25
- 5
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 116
- 6
- 9
- 72
- 90
- 63
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