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.The 4th of a month is a Monday. What day is the 21st of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Thursday (c) Wednesday (d) Sunday
- 2.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 5. I got 32. What was my number?
- 3.The ages of two twins add up to 22. How old is each twin?
- 4.7 × 4 =
- 5.A father is 44 years old and his son is 11. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 6.?754 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 7.9 × 9 =
- 8.A father is 33 years old and his son is 8. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 9.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 18. What was my number?
- 10.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 22. What was my number?
- 11.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 12.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 4 times table? (a) 20 (b) 27 (c) 12 (d) 16
- 13.You have 12 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹23. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 14.The 5th of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 29th of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Tuesday
- 15.11 × 11 =
- 16.Double 26 =
- 17.2 × 9 =
- 18.750 × ? = 7500
- 19.Double 15 =
- 20.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 14 (b) 17 (c) 12 (d) 16
- 21.30 × 100 =
- 22.24 × 4 =
- 23.What comes next? 3, 5, 7, 9, ? (a) 13 (b) 12 (c) 11 (d) 9
- 24.87?4 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 25.37 × 1000 =
- 26.Take 40 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 27.22 × 4 =
- 28.6?91 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 29.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 17 =
- 30.16 × 4 =
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 391: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.9 × 6 =
- 33.Double 52 =
- 34.123456789 × 8 + 9 =
- 35.40 × 4 =
- 36.What comes next? 3, 10, 17, 24, ? (a) 38 (b) 24 (c) 31 (d) 32
- 37.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 30 (b) 55 (c) 24 (d) 36
- 38.7 × 100 =
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 21 18 | 27 15 ? | 12 9 24. What is the missing number?
- 40.56 × 4 =
Answer key
- Thursday
- 9
- 11
- 28
- 33
- 2
- 81
- 25
- 3
- 7
- 5
- 27
- 11
- Saturday
- 121
- 52
- 18
- 10
- 30
- 16
- 3000
- 96
- 11
- 8
- 37000
- 36
- 88
- 2
- 81
- 64
- 1089
- 54
- 104
- 987654321
- 160
- 31
- 55
- 700
- 3
- 224
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