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 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 2.13 × 4 =
- 3.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 20 =
- 4.The ages of two twins add up to 8. How old is each twin?
- 5.?611 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 6.53 × 4 =
- 7.Take 498. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.What comes next? 7, 9, 11, 13, ? (a) 16 (b) 15 (c) 13 (d) 17
- 9.18 × 4 =
- 10.5?07 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 11.693 + 396 =
- 12.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 45 =
- 13.9 × 9 =
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 5 15 13 | ? 11 3 | 9 7 17. What is the missing number?
- 15.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 68 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Sunday (c) Monday (d) Thursday
- 16.7 × 9 =
- 17.50 × ? = 50000
- 18.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 19.Take 753. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.585 × 10 =
- 21.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 ? 23 | 21 17 13 | 11 25 15. What is the missing number?
- 22.35?2 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 23.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 23 =
- 24.342? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 25.Double 58 =
- 26.Magic trick! Think of 6. Double it, add 18, halve it, then take away 6. What number do you get?
- 27.3 × 9 =
- 28.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 4 times table? (a) 20 (b) 8 (c) 25 (d) 16
- 29.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 7 =
- 30.The 4th of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 27th of the same month? (a) Tuesday (b) Monday (c) Friday (d) Wednesday
- 31.792 + 297 =
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 933: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.What comes next? 17, 26, 35, 44, ? (a) 62 (b) 44 (c) 53 (d) 54
- 34.37 × 18 =
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 457: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.5 × 9 =
- 37.59 × 4 =
- 38.Take 290. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 64 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 40.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 83 (b) 81 (c) 82 (d) 79
Answer key
- 2
- 52
- 210
- 4
- 1
- 212
- 396
- 15
- 72
- 6
- 1089
- 1035
- 81
- 19
- Monday
- 63
- 1000
- 5
- 396
- 5850
- 9
- 8
- 276
- 9
- 116
- 9
- 27
- 25
- 28
- Tuesday
- 1089
- 1089
- 53
- 666
- 1089
- 45
- 236
- 198
- 54
- 81
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