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
- 1.2 × ? = 200
- 2.351? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 3.If today is Friday, what day was it 49 days ago? (a) Monday (b) Thursday (c) Friday (d) Saturday
- 4.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 14 9 | 8 12 16 | 15 10 ?. What is the missing number?
- 5.A father is 42 years old and his son is 9. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 6.If today is Friday, what day was it 33 days ago? (a) Monday (b) Sunday (c) Saturday (d) Wednesday
- 7.9 × 3 =
- 8.Half of 62 =
- 9.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 49 (b) 42 (c) 36 (d) 48
- 10.264 × 10 =
- 11.7?84 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 12.A father is 44 years old and his son is 14. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 13.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 14.A piggy bank has 12 coins of ₹5 and 13 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 15.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 16.?30 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 17.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 61 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Friday (c) Monday (d) Wednesday
- 18.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 19.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 20.In 5 years a boy will be 14 years old. How old was he 6 years ago?
- 21.27 × 1000 =
- 22.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 23.A father is 38 years old and his son is 7. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 24.12345 × 8 + 5 =
- 25.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 56 (b) 65 (c) 48 (d) 64
- 26.Take 69 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 27.60 × ? = 6000
- 28.625 × 10 =
- 29.26 × 4 =
- 30.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 17 =
- 31.1 × 9 =
- 32.Take 97 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 33.10 × ? = 10000
- 34.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 100 days? (a) Sunday (b) Thursday (c) Monday (d) Tuesday
- 35.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 36.4 × 9 =
- 37.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 27 (b) 58 (c) 63 (d) 45
- 38.12345678 × 9 + 9 =
- 39.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 27 =
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 147: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 100
- 9
- Friday
- 11
- 33
- Sunday
- 27
- 31
- 48
- 2640
- 8
- 30
- 6
- 86
- 2
- 6
- Tuesday
- 8
- 4
- 3
- 27000
- 2
- 31
- 98765
- 64
- 54
- 100
- 6250
- 104
- 81
- 9
- 81
- 1000
- Monday
- 1
- 36
- 58
- 111111111
- 378
- 1089
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