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
- 1.9 × 7 =
- 2.37 × 3 =
- 3.In 2 years a boy will be 15 years old. How old was he 3 years ago?
- 4.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 81 =
- 5.31 × 4 =
- 6.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 5 ? | 3 7 11 | 8 9 4. What is the missing number?
- 7.16 × 4 =
- 8.Double 84 =
- 9.9 × 9 =
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 11.Half of 128 =
- 12.Half of 144 =
- 13.9 × 2 =
- 14.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 15.5?36 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 16.Take 69 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 17.7 × 4 =
- 18.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 38 =
- 19.4 × 9 =
- 20.45 × 4 =
- 21.30 × 4 =
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 570: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 24.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 36 (b) 18 (c) 21 (d) 27
- 25.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 13 28 | 31 19 7 | 10 ? 22. What is the missing number?
- 26.62? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 27.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 42 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Monday
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 11 6 | 5 9 ? | 12 7 8. What is the missing number?
- 29.4 × ? = 4000
- 30.22 × ? = 2200
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 20 10 | ? 12 8 | 14 4 18. What is the missing number?
- 32.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 15 days? (a) Saturday (b) Sunday (c) Wednesday (d) Monday
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 580: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.5 × 100 =
- 35.907 × 10 =
- 36.9 × 1 =
- 37.41 × 4 =
- 38.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 39.Double 79 =
- 40.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
Answer key
- 63
- 111
- 10
- 3321
- 124
- 6
- 64
- 168
- 81
- 297
- 64
- 72
- 18
- 3
- 4
- 54
- 28
- 741
- 36
- 180
- 120
- 1089
- 2
- 21
- 25
- 1
- Monday
- 13
- 1000
- 100
- 16
- Sunday
- 1089
- 500
- 9070
- 9
- 164
- 4
- 158
- 8
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