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
- 1.18 × 1000 =
- 2.Double 99 =
- 3.Half of 92 =
- 4.40 × 4 =
- 5.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 43 =
- 6.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 32 (b) 28 (c) 33 (d) 24
- 7.Take 42 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 290: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Take 95 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 10.12345679 × 45 =
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 16 15 | 18 14 10 | 13 ? 17. What is the missing number?
- 12.7 × 9 =
- 13.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 45 =
- 14.37 × 15 =
- 15.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 52 =
- 16.A girl is 8 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
- 17.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 18 13 | 16 14 12 | 15 10 ?. What is the missing number?
- 18.42 × 4 =
- 19.What comes next? 20, 27, 34, 41, ? (a) 55 (b) 49 (c) 48 (d) 41
- 20.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 21.34?4 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 22.If today is Saturday, what day was it 32 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Monday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday
- 23.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 33 =
- 24.15 × 4 =
- 25.In 4 years a boy will be 13 years old. How old was he 2 years ago?
- 26.123456789 × 8 + 9 =
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 541: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 24. What was my number?
- 29.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 30.8 × 9 =
- 31.1 × 9 =
- 32.2 × 9 =
- 33.407? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 34.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 45 =
- 35.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 18 33 | ? 24 12 | 15 30 27. What is the missing number?
- 36.A father is 38 years old and his son is 7. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 37.1234567 × 9 + 8 =
- 38.A father is 43 years old and his son is 6. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 39.10 × 9 =
- 40.9 × 3 =
Answer key
- 18000
- 198
- 46
- 160
- 946
- 32
- 36
- 1089
- 81
- 555555555
- 12
- 63
- 529
- 555
- 1378
- 18
- 17
- 168
- 48
- 1
- 7
- Tuesday
- 561
- 60
- 7
- 987654321
- 1089
- 6
- 5
- 72
- 9
- 18
- 7
- 1035
- 36
- 31
- 11111111
- 37
- 90
- 27
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