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
- 1.160 × ? = 1600
- 2.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 3.2 × 9 =
- 4.Half of 88 =
- 5.111111 × 111111 =
- 6.21 × 4 =
- 7.What comes next? 12, 17, 22, 27, ? (a) 32 (b) 27 (c) 33 (d) 37
- 8.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 17 (b) 21 (c) 56 (d) 35
- 9.Double 46 =
- 10.Half of 144 =
- 11.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 48 =
- 12.10 × 100 =
- 13.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 9. I got 13. What was my number?
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 31 10 | ? 19 25 | 28 7 22. What is the missing number?
- 15.55 × ? = 5500
- 16.495 + 594 =
- 17.A father is 39 years old and his son is 14. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 500: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.A father is 45 years old and his son is 5. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 20.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 7 17 | ? 15 19 | 13 23 9. What is the missing number?
- 21.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 8 =
- 22.9 × 2 =
- 23.72?2 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 24.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 26 29 14 | 11 ? 35 | 32 17 20. What is the missing number?
- 25.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 26.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 27 (b) 54 (c) 37 (d) 45
- 27.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 39 =
- 28.What comes next? 19, 26, 33, 40, ? (a) 40 (b) 47 (c) 54 (d) 48
- 29.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 34 (b) 36 (c) 38 (d) 37
- 30.19 × 4 =
- 31.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 32.12345679 × 18 =
- 33.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 49 (b) 50 (c) 47 (d) 51
- 34.Half of 32 =
- 35.3?50 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 28. What was my number?
- 38.The 8th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 22nd of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Tuesday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
- 39.31 × 4 =
- 40.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 33 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Thursday (c) Sunday (d) Wednesday
Answer key
- 10
- 5
- 18
- 44
- 12345654321
- 84
- 32
- 17
- 92
- 72
- 1176
- 1000
- 2
- 13
- 100
- 1089
- 25
- 1089
- 40
- 11
- 36
- 18
- 7
- 23
- 9
- 37
- 400
- 47
- 36
- 76
- 1
- 222222222
- 49
- 16
- 1
- 1089
- 12
- Saturday
- 124
- Thursday
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