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
- 1.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 2.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 7 2 | 1 5 9 | 8 3 ?. What is the missing number?
- 3.22 × 4 =
- 4.2 × 9 =
- 5.3 × 9 =
- 6.7 × 9 =
- 7.If today is Thursday, what day was it 28 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Wednesday (c) Thursday (d) Friday
- 8.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 56 (b) 24 (c) 48 (d) 70
- 9.What comes next? 5, 11, 17, 23, ? (a) 30 (b) 35 (c) 29 (d) 23
- 10.549? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 11.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 4 times table? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 16
- 12.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 4 times table? (a) 16 (b) 24 (c) 39 (d) 8
- 13.?499 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 14.Take 12 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 15.59 × 4 =
- 16.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 17.590? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 18.If today is Saturday, what day was it 8 days ago? (a) Monday (b) Saturday (c) Thursday (d) Friday
- 19.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 36 (b) 49 (c) 42 (d) 48
- 20.9 × 6 =
- 21.The 7th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 24th of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Thursday (c) Saturday (d) Monday
- 22.579 × ? = 5790
- 23.9 × 1 =
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 25.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 25 15 | 21 17 13 | 19 ? 23. What is the missing number?
- 26.9 × 10 =
- 27.Double 44 =
- 28.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 29.940 × 10 =
- 30.44 × 4 =
- 31.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 32.343 × 10 =
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 34.12345678 × 8 + 8 =
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 674: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.The 4th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 17th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Monday
- 37.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 99 =
- 38.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 47 days? (a) Friday (b) Saturday (c) Sunday (d) Tuesday
- 39.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 39 =
- 40.1?40 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
Answer key
- 2
- 4
- 88
- 18
- 27
- 63
- Thursday
- 70
- 29
- 9
- 18
- 39
- 5
- 9
- 236
- 4
- 4
- Friday
- 48
- 54
- Friday
- 10
- 9
- 693
- 9
- 90
- 88
- 1
- 9400
- 176
- 9
- 3430
- 297
- 98765432
- 1089
- Friday
- 4950
- Saturday
- 780
- 4
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