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.
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- 1.The 6th of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 14th of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Thursday (c) Friday (d) Wednesday
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 522: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 79 days? (a) Thursday (b) Friday (c) Sunday (d) Wednesday
- 5.327 × 10 =
- 6.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 14 =
- 7.A piggy bank has 2 coins of ₹5 and 5 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 8.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 9.Think of 4. Multiply it by 5, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 10.399 × 10 =
- 11.Take 99 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 12.37 × 100 =
- 13.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 23 (b) 26 (c) 27 (d) 25
- 14.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 15.432 × 10 =
- 16.Half of 62 =
- 17.Double 87 =
- 18.Half of 56 =
- 19.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 5 12 | 11 ? 7 | 6 13 8. What is the missing number?
- 20.Think of 11. Multiply it by 3, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 21.5 × 9 =
- 22.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
- 23.A girl is 8 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 8 years?
- 24.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 71 =
- 25.1 × 9 =
- 26.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 30 15 | 24 18 12 | ? 6 27. What is the missing number?
- 27.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 73 =
- 28.6 × 9 =
- 29.The ages of two twins add up to 16. How old is each twin?
- 30.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 24 days? (a) Monday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Thursday
- 31.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 32.8 × 9 =
- 33.27 × ? = 27000
- 34.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 43 =
- 35.61 × 100 =
- 36.Double 61 =
- 37.47 × 4 =
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 24 9 | 6 18 30 | 27 12 15. What is the missing number?
- 39.18 × 4 =
- 40.35 × 4 =
Answer key
- Thursday
- 297
- 1089
- Thursday
- 3270
- 105
- 20
- 8
- 29
- 3990
- 81
- 3700
- 25
- 5
- 4320
- 31
- 174
- 28
- 9
- 39
- 45
- 17
- 19
- 2556
- 9
- 21
- 2701
- 54
- 8
- Friday
- 9
- 72
- 1000
- 484
- 6100
- 122
- 188
- 21
- 72
- 140
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