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 × 5 =
- 2.A girl is 10 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 9 years?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 4.45 × 4 =
- 5.9 × 9 =
- 6.1234567 × 9 + 8 =
- 7.37 × 24 =
- 8.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 9.Half of 54 =
- 10.16?6 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 15 17 | 11 19 27 | 21 23 13. What is the missing number?
- 12.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 13.Double 88 =
- 14.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 33 =
- 15.33 × 4 =
- 16.Take 890. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.693 + 396 =
- 18.37 × 6 =
- 19.690? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 20.If today is Thursday, what day was it 39 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Wednesday (c) Sunday (d) Monday
- 21.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 22.56 × 4 =
- 23.30 × 100 =
- 24.12 × 9 + 3 =
- 25.Take 85 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 26.What comes next? 1, 8, 15, 22, ? (a) 22 (b) 29 (c) 36 (d) 30
- 27.12345679 × 18 =
- 28.Half of 136 =
- 29.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 51 (b) 49 (c) 47 (d) 50
- 30.Think of 8. Multiply it by 2, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 31.In 3 years a boy will be 16 years old. How old was he 3 years ago?
- 32.The 2nd of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 24th of the same month? (a) Tuesday (b) Saturday (c) Thursday (d) Wednesday
- 33.58 × 4 =
- 34.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 48 (b) 49 (c) 72 (d) 32
- 35.What comes next? 20, 28, 36, 44, ? (a) 52 (b) 53 (c) 44 (d) 60
- 36.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 41 =
- 37.Take 18 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 38.The 1st of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 12th of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Tuesday
- 39.12345679 × 45 =
- 40.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 47 days? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Tuesday
Answer key
- 45
- 22
- 792
- 180
- 81
- 11111111
- 888
- 7
- 27
- 5
- 25
- 4
- 176
- 561
- 132
- 792
- 1089
- 222
- 3
- Sunday
- 9
- 224
- 3000
- 111
- 72
- 29
- 222222222
- 68
- 49
- 18
- 10
- Wednesday
- 232
- 49
- 52
- 441
- 9
- Saturday
- 555555555
- Saturday
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