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
- 1.30 × 4 =
- 2.123456 × 8 + 6 =
- 3.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 29 =
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 814: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.37 × 12 =
- 6.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 7.23 × 4 =
- 8.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 ? 16 | 25 19 13 | 22 7 28. What is the missing number?
- 9.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 11 ? | 7 15 23 | 17 19 9. What is the missing number?
- 10.2 × 9 =
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 1 6 | 3 ? 7 | 4 9 2. What is the missing number?
- 12.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 8. I got 32. What was my number?
- 13.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 14.The 4th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 13th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Sunday (c) Friday (d) Wednesday
- 15.Take 43 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 16.25? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 17.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 11 ? | 29 17 5 | 8 23 20. What is the missing number?
- 18.12 × 9 + 3 =
- 19.3?61 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 20.12345 × 8 + 5 =
- 21.The ages of two twins add up to 28. How old is each twin?
- 22.5 × 9 =
- 23.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 24.A girl is 9 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
- 25.A piggy bank has 4 coins of ₹5 and 2 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 26.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 27 =
- 27.A father is 41 years old and his son is 9. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 28.What comes next? 9, 11, 13, 15, ? (a) 18 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 19
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 479: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 31.Half of 142 =
- 32.901 × 10 =
- 33.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 62 (b) 64 (c) 65 (d) 66
- 34.544? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 35.610? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 36.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 35 (d) 14
- 37.61 × ? = 6100
- 38.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 80 days? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 39.33 × 100 =
- 40.9 × 10 =
Answer key
- 120
- 987654
- 225
- 1089
- 444
- 1
- 92
- 31
- 13
- 18
- 5
- 6
- 4
- Thursday
- 36
- 2
- 26
- 111
- 8
- 98765
- 14
- 45
- 3
- 15
- 24
- 378
- 32
- 17
- 1089
- 8
- 71
- 9010
- 64
- 5
- 2
- 14
- 100
- Thursday
- 3300
- 90
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