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 × 7 =
- 2.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 3.Take 51 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 4.Magic trick! Think of 8. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 8. What number do you get?
- 5.10 × 4 =
- 6.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 74 =
- 7.Double 63 =
- 8.What comes next? 12, 14, 16, 18, ? (a) 22 (b) 18 (c) 21 (d) 20
- 9.?02 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 11.1 × 9 =
- 12.Double 29 =
- 13.20 × 4 =
- 14.145 × 10 =
- 15.45 × 4 =
- 16.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 30 27 | 36 24 12 | 21 ? 33. What is the missing number?
- 17.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 79 =
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 10 5 | 4 8 12 | ? 6 7. What is the missing number?
- 19.A father is 42 years old and his son is 5. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 20.12345679 × 72 =
- 21.139 × ? = 1390
- 22.9 × 4 =
- 23.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 21 11 | 9 ? 25 | 23 13 15. What is the missing number?
- 24.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 88 days? (a) Sunday (b) Thursday (c) Friday (d) Wednesday
- 25.297 + 792 =
- 26.35 × 4 =
- 27.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 29 =
- 28.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.16 × 1000 =
- 30.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 7 ? | 13 9 5 | 6 11 10. What is the missing number?
- 31.Think of 6. Multiply it by 4, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 32.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 12 5 | 6 8 10 | 11 ? 9. What is the missing number?
- 33.A piggy bank has 4 coins of ₹5 and 6 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 34.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 65 (b) 66 (c) 62 (d) 64
- 35.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 15 (d) 9
- 36.In 2 years a boy will be 16 years old. How old was he 4 years ago?
- 37.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 38.Half of 82 =
- 39.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 37 =
- 40.49 × 4 =
Answer key
- 63
- 0
- 45
- 3
- 40
- 2775
- 126
- 20
- 7
- 297
- 9
- 58
- 80
- 1450
- 180
- 18
- 3160
- 11
- 37
- 888888888
- 10
- 36
- 17
- Thursday
- 1089
- 140
- 225
- 891
- 16000
- 12
- 25
- 4
- 32
- 64
- 10
- 10
- 3
- 41
- 361
- 196
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