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 × 4 =
- 2.Half of 122 =
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 855: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.12 × 1000 =
- 5.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 3. I got 45. What was my number?
- 6.993 × 10 =
- 7.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.In 3 years a boy will be 13 years old. How old was he 5 years ago?
- 9.12 × 8 + 2 =
- 10.Take 93 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 11.83?4 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 12.Double 59 =
- 13.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 49 =
- 14.1 × 9 =
- 15.What comes next? 36, 49, 64, 81, ? (a) 101 (b) 102 (c) 100 (d) 98
- 16.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 23 9 | ? 15 19 | 21 7 17. What is the missing number?
- 17.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 23 days? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Wednesday (d) Tuesday
- 18.17 × 1000 =
- 19.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 20.45 × ? = 45000
- 21.15 × 4 =
- 22.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 27 ? | 9 15 21 | 24 3 18. What is the missing number?
- 23.The 8th of a month is a Monday. What day is the 30th of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Monday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday
- 24.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 41 =
- 25.34 × 4 =
- 26.221 × 10 =
- 27.27 × 4 =
- 28.9 × 9 =
- 29.40 × 1000 =
- 30.Think of 15. Multiply it by 2, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 31.8 × 9 =
- 32.57 × ? = 5700
- 33.16 × 4 =
- 34.938 × 10 =
- 35.Take 28 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 36.38 × 4 =
- 37.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 38.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 91 =
- 39.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 40.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
Answer key
- 72
- 61
- 1089
- 12000
- 14
- 9930
- 891
- 5
- 98
- 81
- 3
- 118
- 1225
- 9
- 100
- 11
- Wednesday
- 17000
- 9
- 1000
- 60
- 6
- Tuesday
- 441
- 136
- 2210
- 108
- 81
- 40000
- 38
- 72
- 100
- 64
- 9380
- 18
- 152
- 6
- 4186
- 1
- 8
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