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
- 1.1234 × 9 + 5 =
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 270: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 21 11 | 9 17 25 | 23 ? 15. What is the missing number?
- 4.In 2 years a boy will be 14 years old. How old was he 5 years ago?
- 5.If today is Monday, what day was it 44 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Friday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
- 6.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 56 (b) 12 (c) 42 (d) 30
- 7.32 × 4 =
- 8.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 9.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 1. I got 46. What was my number?
- 10.6 × 1000 =
- 11.37 × 12 =
- 12.Double 68 =
- 13.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 4 5 | 2 ? 10 | 7 8 3. What is the missing number?
- 14.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 15.43 × 4 =
- 16.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 49 (b) 36 (c) 48 (d) 42
- 17.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 25 =
- 18.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 16 =
- 19.111 × 111 =
- 20.Take 199. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.12 × 8 + 2 =
- 22.891 + 198 =
- 23.Take 660. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.48 × ? = 4800
- 25.1 × 9 =
- 26.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 18 8 | 6 14 22 | ? 10 12. What is the missing number?
- 27.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 55 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 28.9 × 1 =
- 29.What comes next? 13, 18, 23, 28, ? (a) 34 (b) 28 (c) 33 (d) 38
- 30.12345679 × 27 =
- 31.What comes next? 11, 20, 29, 38, ? (a) 47 (b) 56 (c) 48 (d) 38
- 32.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 33.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 4 19 | 10 16 22 | 13 28 7. What is the missing number?
- 34.69 × 10 =
- 35.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 88 days? (a) Friday (b) Thursday (c) Sunday (d) Wednesday
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 389: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 93 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
- 38.4 × 9 =
- 39.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 65 days? (a) Thursday (b) Saturday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday
- 40.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
Answer key
- 11111
- 1089
- 13
- 7
- Saturday
- 56
- 128
- 6
- 15
- 6000
- 444
- 136
- 6
- 7
- 172
- 48
- 169
- 136
- 12321
- 792
- 98
- 1089
- 594
- 100
- 9
- 20
- Thursday
- 9
- 33
- 333333333
- 47
- 6
- 25
- 690
- Thursday
- 1089
- Saturday
- 36
- Wednesday
- 7
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