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
- 1.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 93 =
- 2.If today is Thursday, what day was it 49 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Thursday (c) Sunday (d) Friday
- 3.41 × 4 =
- 4.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 23 days? (a) Friday (b) Wednesday (c) Thursday (d) Sunday
- 5.1111 × 1111 =
- 6.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 7.Double 61 =
- 8.A father is 34 years old and his son is 10. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 9.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 10.37 × 15 =
- 11.Think of 5. Multiply it by 2, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 12.8?42 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 13.Double 42 =
- 14.9 × 1 =
- 15.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 69 =
- 16.57?9 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 17.12345678 × 9 + 9 =
- 18.Take 21 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 19.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 92 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Thursday (c) Sunday (d) Monday
- 20.Think of 10. Multiply it by 2, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 21.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 61 days? (a) Monday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Thursday
- 22.What comes next? 16, 22, 28, 34, ? (a) 46 (b) 34 (c) 40 (d) 41
- 23.The ages of two twins add up to 8. How old is each twin?
- 24.Take 247. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.?170 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 26.352 × ? = 3520
- 27.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 28.Half of 198 =
- 29.27 × 4 =
- 30.12 × 8 + 2 =
- 31.45 × 4 =
- 32.Think of 3. Multiply it by 5, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 33.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 34.What comes next? 3, 7, 11, 15, ? (a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 19 (d) 23
- 35.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 36.Take 186. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.12 × 4 =
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 35 14 | 17 23 ? | 32 11 26. What is the missing number?
- 39.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 12 =
- 40.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 68 =
Answer key
- 4371
- Thursday
- 164
- Thursday
- 1234321
- 4
- 122
- 24
- 2
- 555
- 18
- 4
- 84
- 9
- 2415
- 6
- 111111111
- 18
- Monday
- 21
- Friday
- 40
- 4
- 495
- 1
- 10
- 5
- 99
- 108
- 98
- 180
- 21
- 4
- 19
- 3
- 495
- 48
- 29
- 78
- 2346
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