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
- 1.46 × 1000 =
- 2.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 10. What was my number?
- 3.Half of 104 =
- 4.87 × 100 =
- 5.9 × 5 =
- 6.Double 71 =
- 7.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 42 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Wednesday (c) Saturday (d) Tuesday
- 8.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 45 =
- 9.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 15 8 | 9 11 ? | 14 7 12. What is the missing number?
- 10.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 5. I got 65. What was my number?
- 11.4 × 1000 =
- 12.12345679 × 72 =
- 13.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 14.Think of 4. Multiply it by 2, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 15.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 27 (b) 25 (c) 26 (d) 23
- 16.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 17.You have 9 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹11. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 18.Double 85 =
- 19.906 × 10 =
- 20.9 × 9 =
- 21.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 21 =
- 22.The 5th of a month is a Thursday. What day is the 14th of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Tuesday (d) Friday
- 23.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 27 6 | 9 15 21 | ? 3 18. What is the missing number?
- 24.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 34 13 | ? 22 28 | 31 10 25. What is the missing number?
- 25.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 13 =
- 26.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 27.35 × 1000 =
- 28.Double 49 =
- 29.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 42. What was my number?
- 30.3 × 9 =
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 903: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 11 =
- 33.The 5th of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 23rd of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Saturday (c) Sunday (d) Wednesday
- 34.8 × 9 =
- 35.Half of 62 =
- 36.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 19 (b) 56 (c) 16 (d) 40
- 37.51 × ? = 5100
- 38.What comes next? 19, 22, 25, 28, ? (a) 28 (b) 31 (c) 32 (d) 34
- 39.Half of 186 =
- 40.6?39 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
Answer key
- 46000
- 3
- 52
- 8700
- 45
- 142
- Wednesday
- 529
- 13
- 15
- 4000
- 888888888
- 7
- 16
- 25
- 5
- 2
- 170
- 9060
- 81
- 121
- Saturday
- 24
- 16
- 49
- 5
- 35000
- 98
- 19
- 27
- 1089
- 36
- Sunday
- 72
- 31
- 19
- 100
- 31
- 93
- 9
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