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 × 6 =
- 2.12345679 × 9 =
- 3.495 + 594 =
- 4.19 × 10 =
- 5.4 × 9 =
- 6.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 25 (b) 27 (c) 26 (d) 23
- 7.5 × 9 =
- 8.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 23 9 | 11 15 19 | 21 7 ?. What is the missing number?
- 9.The 8th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 18th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Thursday (c) Friday (d) Saturday
- 10.12345679 × 54 =
- 11.23 × 4 =
- 12.Double 77 =
- 13.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 14.55 × 4 =
- 15.9 × 7 =
- 16.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 63 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Thursday (c) Wednesday (d) Saturday
- 17.21 × 4 =
- 18.In 2 years a boy will be 10 years old. How old was he 4 years ago?
- 19.334 × 10 =
- 20.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 72 =
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 23.Double 12 =
- 24.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 ? 22 | 31 19 7 | 16 13 28. What is the missing number?
- 25.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 17 ? | 5 13 21 | 19 9 11. What is the missing number?
- 26.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 27.If today is Thursday, what day was it 22 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Saturday (c) Wednesday (d) Tuesday
- 28.734 × 10 =
- 29.Double 64 =
- 30.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 31.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 32.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 33.Think of 4. Multiply it by 2, then add 7. What number do you end with?
- 34.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 21 18 | 27 15 3 | 12 9 24. What is the missing number?
- 35.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 24 10 | ? 16 20 | 22 8 18. What is the missing number?
- 36.155 × ? = 1550
- 37.30 × ? = 30000
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 10 25 | 28 16 4 | 7 ? 19. What is the missing number?
- 39.?36 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 40.What comes next? 11, 16, 21, 26, ? (a) 36 (b) 31 (c) 32 (d) 26
Answer key
- 54
- 111111111
- 1089
- 190
- 36
- 25
- 45
- 17
- Friday
- 666666666
- 92
- 154
- 6
- 220
- 63
- Wednesday
- 84
- 4
- 3340
- 2628
- 891
- 594
- 24
- 25
- 7
- 7
- Wednesday
- 7340
- 128
- 8
- 8
- 4
- 15
- 6
- 12
- 10
- 1000
- 22
- 9
- 31
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