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.
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- 1.A girl is 10 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 5 years?
- 2.56 × 4 =
- 3.82 × 100 =
- 4.What comes next? 5, 13, 21, 29, ? (a) 37 (b) 29 (c) 45 (d) 38
- 5.10 × 9 =
- 6.If today is Saturday, what day was it 31 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Saturday (c) Wednesday (d) Tuesday
- 7.1 × 9 =
- 8.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 64 (b) 65 (c) 56 (d) 48
- 9.Half of 16 =
- 10.12 × 8 + 2 =
- 11.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 12.31 × 4 =
- 13.91 × 100 =
- 14.The 5th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 20th of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Wednesday (c) Sunday (d) Monday
- 15.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 16 ? | 20 12 4 | 10 8 18. What is the missing number?
- 16.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 22 8 18 | 12 ? 20 | 14 24 10. What is the missing number?
- 17.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 29 8 23 | 14 20 26 | 17 32 ?. What is the missing number?
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 28 13 16 | 7 19 31 | 22 ? 10. What is the missing number?
- 19.The 4th of a month is a Thursday. What day is the 23rd of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Friday (c) Tuesday (d) Monday
- 20.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 21.If today is Friday, what day was it 33 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Saturday (c) Sunday (d) Monday
- 22.2 × 9 =
- 23.5 × 9 =
- 24.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 11 =
- 25.What comes next? 7, 14, 21, 28, ? (a) 42 (b) 35 (c) 28 (d) 36
- 26.Take 660. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.314? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 28.Half of 88 =
- 29.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 30.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 14 =
- 31.12345679 × 81 =
- 32.?001 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 33.Half of 112 =
- 34.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 60 =
- 35.3 × 9 =
- 36.14 × 4 =
- 37.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 38.6 × 9 =
- 39.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 57 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Tuesday (c) Thursday (d) Saturday
- 40.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
Answer key
- 20
- 224
- 8200
- 37
- 90
- Wednesday
- 9
- 64
- 8
- 98
- 7
- 124
- 9100
- Sunday
- 14
- 16
- 11
- 25
- Tuesday
- 0
- Sunday
- 18
- 45
- 36
- 35
- 594
- 1
- 44
- 8
- 105
- 999999999
- 8
- 56
- 1830
- 27
- 56
- 7
- 54
- Wednesday
- 4
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