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.
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- 1.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 16 31 | 34 22 ? | 13 28 25. What is the missing number?
- 2.4 × 9 =
- 3.16?2 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 4.You have 15 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹17. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 5.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 6.61 × ? = 6100
- 7.30 × 4 =
- 8.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 27 24 | 33 21 9 | 18 ? 30. What is the missing number?
- 9.Half of 26 =
- 10.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 4 ? 2 | 3 5 7 | 8 1 6. What is the missing number?
- 11.20 × 100 =
- 12.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 13.Take 51 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 14.A girl is 12 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 5 years?
- 15.15 × ? = 15000
- 16.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 7. I got 43. What was my number?
- 17.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 18.Take 28 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 19.You have 15 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹21. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 491: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.The ages of two twins add up to 24. How old is each twin?
- 22.111 × 111 =
- 23.18 × ? = 18000
- 24.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 38 =
- 25.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 4 11 | 10 ? 6 | 5 12 7. What is the missing number?
- 26.If today is Thursday, what day was it 37 days ago? (a) Monday (b) Wednesday (c) Friday (d) Tuesday
- 27.9 × 9 =
- 28.Take 34 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 29.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 30.9 × 1 =
- 31.1234567 × 9 + 8 =
- 32.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 33.9 × 4 =
- 34.876? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 35.3?98 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 36.297 + 792 =
- 37.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 32. What was my number?
- 38.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 73 =
- 39.1 × 9 =
- 40.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 10
- 36
- 9
- 2
- 9
- 100
- 120
- 15
- 13
- 9
- 2000
- 8
- 45
- 20
- 1000
- 9
- 6
- 18
- 6
- 1089
- 12
- 12321
- 1000
- 741
- 8
- Tuesday
- 81
- 27
- 1
- 9
- 11111111
- 8
- 36
- 6
- 7
- 1089
- 8
- 2701
- 9
- 891
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