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
- 1.42 × ? = 42000
- 2.40 × 1000 =
- 3.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 48 =
- 4.Take 31 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 5.4 × 1000 =
- 6.The 3rd of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 15th of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Thursday (c) Monday (d) Tuesday
- 7.49 × 4 =
- 8.You have 14 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹17. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 9.28 × 4 =
- 10.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 35 days? (a) Saturday (b) Friday (c) Monday (d) Thursday
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 ? 23 | 21 17 13 | 11 25 15. What is the missing number?
- 12.In 2 years a boy will be 13 years old. How old was he 3 years ago?
- 13.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 14.5 × 9 =
- 15.9 × 1 =
- 16.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 18 15 30 | 33 21 9 | 12 ? 24. What is the missing number?
- 17.A piggy bank has 7 coins of ₹5 and 12 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 2 ? 4 | 7 5 3 | 6 1 8. What is the missing number?
- 19.12 × 8 + 2 =
- 20.9 × 5 =
- 21.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 22.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 60 days? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Wednesday (d) Tuesday
- 23.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 50 =
- 24.A father is 40 years old and his son is 12. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 25.297 + 792 =
- 26.10 × 4 =
- 27.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 31 =
- 28.58 × 100 =
- 29.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 30.49 × 100 =
- 31.37 × 15 =
- 32.88?6 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 33.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 34.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 5 ? | 11 7 3 | 4 9 8. What is the missing number?
- 35.87 × 100 =
- 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 6 16 | 18 10 2 | 4 14 12. What is the missing number?
- 37.If today is Friday, what day was it 18 days ago? (a) Monday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Tuesday
- 38.24 × ? = 2400
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 4 11 | 10 8 ? | 5 12 7. What is the missing number?
- 40.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 27 =
Answer key
- 1000
- 40000
- 1176
- 27
- 4000
- Monday
- 196
- 3
- 112
- Friday
- 9
- 8
- 2
- 45
- 9
- 27
- 59
- 9
- 98
- 45
- 0
- Wednesday
- 1275
- 28
- 1089
- 40
- 256
- 5800
- 5
- 4900
- 555
- 5
- 7
- 10
- 8700
- 8
- Monday
- 100
- 6
- 378
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