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.Double 32 =
- 2.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 29 14 | 23 17 11 | 20 5 ?. What is the missing number?
- 3.Half of 22 =
- 4.You have 7 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹10. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 5.9 × 5 =
- 6.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 7.If today is Monday, what day was it 44 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Tuesday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
- 8.In 5 years a boy will be 13 years old. How old was he 3 years ago?
- 9.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 64 =
- 10.Take 285. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.You have 11 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹16. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 12.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 34. What was my number?
- 13.Double 56 =
- 14.Double 42 =
- 15.917 × 10 =
- 16.33 × 4 =
- 17.Think of 12. Multiply it by 3, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 18.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 3. I got 19. What was my number?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 940: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.2 × 9 =
- 21.What comes next? 36, 49, 64, 81, ? (a) 98 (b) 102 (c) 100 (d) 101
- 22.What comes next? 13, 18, 23, 28, ? (a) 38 (b) 34 (c) 28 (d) 33
- 23.594 + 495 =
- 24.1234567 × 8 + 7 =
- 25.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 37 =
- 26.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 12 days? (a) Saturday (b) Friday (c) Monday (d) Thursday
- 27.29 × 4 =
- 28.37 × 18 =
- 29.Take 966. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 31.6 × 9 =
- 32.Magic trick! Think of 13. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 13. What number do you get?
- 33.Double 11 =
- 34.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 43 =
- 35.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 4 3 8 | ? 5 1 | 2 7 6. What is the missing number?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 851: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 31 =
- 38.10 × 4 =
- 39.Half of 42 =
- 40.84 × ? = 840
Answer key
- 64
- 26
- 11
- 3
- 45
- 2
- Saturday
- 5
- 2080
- 297
- 5
- 14
- 112
- 84
- 9170
- 132
- 39
- 4
- 1089
- 18
- 100
- 33
- 1089
- 9876543
- 703
- Friday
- 116
- 666
- 297
- 6
- 54
- 2
- 22
- 484
- 9
- 1089
- 256
- 40
- 21
- 10
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