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.The 2nd of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 19th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Tuesday
- 2.Half of 96 =
- 3.31 × 4 =
- 4.Magic trick! Think of 17. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 17. What number do you get?
- 5.A girl is 9 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 9 years?
- 6.Half of 166 =
- 7.51 × 4 =
- 8.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 9.1111 × 1111 =
- 10.11111 × 11111 =
- 11.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 51 (b) 49 (c) 50 (d) 47
- 12.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 1. I got 13. What was my number?
- 13.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 14.Think of 4. Multiply it by 4, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 15.704 × ? = 7040
- 16.What comes next? 6, 15, 24, 33, ? (a) 33 (b) 51 (c) 42 (d) 43
- 17.Double 31 =
- 18.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 19.9 × 10 =
- 20.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 54 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Monday
- 21.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 26 days? (a) Thursday (b) Sunday (c) Wednesday (d) Friday
- 22.9 × 7 =
- 23.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 49 =
- 24.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 34 days? (a) Monday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Thursday
- 25.32 × 4 =
- 26.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 9 =
- 27.9 × 9 =
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 30.In 6 years a boy will be 14 years old. How old was he 2 years ago?
- 31.1 × 9 =
- 32.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 49 (b) 36 (c) 42 (d) 48
- 33.49 × 4 =
- 34.19 × 4 =
- 35.5 × 9 =
- 36.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 37.37 × 9 =
- 38.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 39.Double 43 =
- 40.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
Answer key
- Tuesday
- 48
- 124
- 8
- 24
- 83
- 204
- 4
- 1234321
- 123454321
- 49
- 6
- 1
- 23
- 10
- 42
- 62
- 3
- 90
- Monday
- Thursday
- 63
- 625
- Friday
- 128
- 25
- 81
- 1089
- 6
- 6
- 9
- 48
- 196
- 76
- 45
- 1
- 333
- 9
- 86
- 5
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