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.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 62 (b) 66 (c) 64 (d) 65
- 2.75 × 100 =
- 3.The ages of two twins add up to 8. How old is each twin?
- 4.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Double 48 =
- 6.1234 × 9 + 5 =
- 7.If today is Sunday, what day was it 23 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Monday (d) Friday
- 8.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 37 days ago? (a) Monday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Tuesday
- 9.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 10.Half of 16 =
- 11.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 19 =
- 12.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 13.4 × 9 =
- 14.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 32 (b) 40 (c) 39 (d) 24
- 15.Take 967. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 1. I got 10. What was my number?
- 17.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 13 12 | 15 11 ? | 10 9 14. What is the missing number?
- 18.You have 10 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹12. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 19.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 23 8 | 5 17 29 | ? 11 14. What is the missing number?
- 20.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 14 =
- 21.6 × 1000 =
- 22.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 31 =
- 23.Half of 162 =
- 24.Half of 154 =
- 25.11 × 11 =
- 26.Take 18 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 27.50 × 100 =
- 28.Double 19 =
- 29.58 × 4 =
- 30.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 41 days? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday
- 31.?11 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 32.20?7 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 33.Think of 8. Multiply it by 5, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 34.?951 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 35.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 56 days? (a) Saturday (b) Tuesday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
- 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 27 6 | 9 15 ? | 24 3 18. What is the missing number?
- 37.123456789 × 8 + 9 =
- 38.9 × 5 =
- 39.Take 81 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 40.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 51 (b) 50 (c) 49 (d) 47
Answer key
- 64
- 7500
- 4
- 891
- 96
- 11111
- Friday
- Monday
- 8
- 8
- 100
- 5
- 36
- 39
- 198
- 3
- 7
- 2
- 26
- 105
- 6000
- 256
- 81
- 77
- 121
- 9
- 5000
- 38
- 232
- Tuesday
- 7
- 9
- 48
- 3
- Saturday
- 21
- 987654321
- 45
- 72
- 49
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