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 ages of two twins add up to 12. How old is each twin?
- 2.18 × 1000 =
- 3.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 19 =
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 6.What comes next? 18, 26, 34, 42, ? (a) 42 (b) 50 (c) 58 (d) 51
- 7.What comes next? 20, 27, 34, 41, ? (a) 55 (b) 49 (c) 41 (d) 48
- 8.496? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 9.123456 × 8 + 6 =
- 10.Double 93 =
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 ? 16 | 18 10 2 | 4 14 12. What is the missing number?
- 12.9 × 1 =
- 13.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 14 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 17
- 14.9 × 9 =
- 15.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 5 12 7 | 10 ? 6 | 9 4 11. What is the missing number?
- 16.Think of 12. Multiply it by 4, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 17.Half of 148 =
- 18.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 23 =
- 19.12 × 1000 =
- 20.7 × 1000 =
- 21.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 95 days? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Friday (d) Monday
- 22.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 23.57 × 4 =
- 24.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 25.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 33 =
- 26.A piggy bank has 6 coins of ₹5 and 15 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 27.37 × 9 =
- 28.2 × 9 =
- 29.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 3 17 | 15 11 7 | 5 19 ?. What is the missing number?
- 30.8?26 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 31.Take 610. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 33.If today is Sunday, what day was it 22 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Friday (c) Tuesday (d) Sunday
- 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 35.48 × ? = 48000
- 36.Think of 4. Multiply it by 2, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 37.Half of 164 =
- 38.Half of 146 =
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 14 4 | 2 10 18 | 16 ? 8. What is the missing number?
- 40.4 × 1000 =
Answer key
- 6
- 18000
- 100
- 1089
- 2
- 50
- 48
- 8
- 987654
- 186
- 6
- 9
- 16
- 81
- 8
- 50
- 74
- 144
- 12000
- 7000
- Friday
- 4
- 228
- 9
- 289
- 60
- 333
- 18
- 9
- 2
- 594
- 3
- Saturday
- 792
- 1000
- 17
- 82
- 73
- 6
- 4000
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