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 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 2.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 27 (b) 36 (c) 29 (d) 45
- 3.Think of 12. Multiply it by 2, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 4.Take 340. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Take 164. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 25 =
- 7.Half of 162 =
- 8.7 × 9 =
- 9.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 42. What was my number?
- 10.7 × 4 =
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 12.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 21 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Tuesday (c) Thursday (d) Wednesday
- 13.31 × 100 =
- 14.Half of 16 =
- 15.Half of 154 =
- 16.17 × 4 =
- 17.Half of 78 =
- 18.Take 360. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 64 (b) 66 (c) 62 (d) 65
- 20.12345679 × 72 =
- 21.11111 × 11111 =
- 22.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 48 =
- 23.12 × 4 =
- 24.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 67 days? (a) Thursday (b) Tuesday (c) Monday (d) Sunday
- 25.12 × 9 + 3 =
- 26.6 × 9 =
- 27.47 × 4 =
- 28.The 1st of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 18th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Saturday (c) Wednesday (d) Tuesday
- 29.70?6 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 30.243? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 31.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 32.8 × 4 =
- 33.Double 57 =
- 34.Take 93 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 35.69 × 100 =
- 36.1234 × 8 + 4 =
- 37.991 × 10 =
- 38.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 39.8 × 9 =
- 40.Think of 11. Multiply it by 3, then add 6. What number do you end with?
Answer key
- 7
- 29
- 32
- 297
- 297
- 169
- 81
- 63
- 16
- 28
- 594
- Wednesday
- 3100
- 8
- 77
- 68
- 39
- 297
- 64
- 888888888
- 123454321
- 1176
- 48
- Monday
- 111
- 54
- 188
- Wednesday
- 5
- 9
- 8
- 32
- 114
- 81
- 6900
- 9876
- 9910
- 8
- 72
- 39
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