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
- 1.44 × 4 =
- 2.297 + 792 =
- 3.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 5 26 | 23 17 11 | 8 29 14. What is the missing number?
- 4.Take 108. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.30 × 1000 =
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 7.Take 931. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 48 (b) 16 (c) 52 (d) 32
- 9.The 4th of a month is a Friday. What day is the 13th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Sunday (c) Saturday (d) Monday
- 10.36 × 4 =
- 11.Take 77 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 12.7 × 100 =
- 13.12345 × 8 + 5 =
- 14.If today is Thursday, what day was it 50 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Saturday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 15.Double 82 =
- 16.What comes next? 1, 6, 11, 16, ? (a) 22 (b) 26 (c) 21 (d) 16
- 17.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 14 9 | ? 12 16 | 15 10 11. What is the missing number?
- 19.2 × ? = 200
- 20.3 × 9 =
- 21.6 × 9 =
- 22.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 34 (b) 38 (c) 37 (d) 36
- 23.81 × 100 =
- 24.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 33 =
- 25.What comes next? 3, 7, 11, 15, ? (a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 19 (d) 23
- 26.57 × 4 =
- 27.14?2 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 28.What comes next? 1, 10, 19, 28, ? (a) 38 (b) 28 (c) 46 (d) 37
- 29.The ages of two twins add up to 16. How old is each twin?
- 30.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 18 days? (a) Monday (b) Thursday (c) Friday (d) Saturday
- 31.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 32.?83 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 33.1 × 9 =
- 34.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 13 8 | 11 9 7 | 10 5 ?. What is the missing number?
- 35.15?9 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 36.971 × ? = 9710
- 37.A girl is 7 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 7 years?
- 38.A piggy bank has 8 coins of ₹5 and 7 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 39.Double 34 =
- 40.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 2. I got 14. What was my number?
Answer key
- 176
- 1089
- 20
- 693
- 30000
- 198
- 792
- 52
- Sunday
- 144
- 63
- 700
- 98765
- Wednesday
- 164
- 21
- 3
- 8
- 100
- 27
- 54
- 36
- 8100
- 561
- 19
- 228
- 2
- 37
- 8
- Friday
- 8
- 7
- 9
- 12
- 3
- 10
- 17
- 54
- 68
- 6
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