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 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 2.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 34 (b) 37 (c) 38 (d) 36
- 3.?907 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 4.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 29 =
- 5.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 99 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Friday (c) Monday (d) Wednesday
- 6.10 × 9 =
- 7.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 28 =
- 8.The ages of two twins add up to 16. How old is each twin?
- 9.1 × 9 =
- 10.12 × 9 + 3 =
- 11.9 × 9 =
- 12.9 × 3 =
- 13.42 × 1000 =
- 14.95 × 100 =
- 15.Half of 118 =
- 16.Think of 15. Multiply it by 3, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 17.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 28 7 22 | 13 19 25 | ? 31 10. What is the missing number?
- 18.1?3 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 19.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 20.49 × 4 =
- 21.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 22.If today is Thursday, what day was it 12 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Tuesday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
- 23.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 5 19 9 | 15 ? 7 | 13 3 17. What is the missing number?
- 24.198 + 891 =
- 25.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 65 (b) 66 (c) 62 (d) 64
- 26.Double 93 =
- 27.Take 431. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.What comes next? 36, 49, 64, 81, ? (a) 100 (b) 101 (c) 102 (d) 98
- 29.374 × 10 =
- 30.In 6 years a boy will be 17 years old. How old was he 3 years ago?
- 31.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 32.Half of 82 =
- 33.549 × 10 =
- 34.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 7 14 | 13 11 9 | 8 15 ?. What is the missing number?
- 35.The ages of two twins add up to 8. How old is each twin?
- 36.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 37.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 90 =
- 38.4 × 9 =
- 39.A piggy bank has 3 coins of ₹5 and 6 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 40.40 × 4 =
Answer key
- 7
- 36
- 2
- 225
- Tuesday
- 90
- 406
- 8
- 9
- 111
- 81
- 27
- 42000
- 9500
- 59
- 48
- 16
- 5
- 1
- 196
- 2
- Saturday
- 11
- 1089
- 64
- 186
- 297
- 100
- 3740
- 8
- 8
- 41
- 5490
- 10
- 4
- 4
- 4095
- 36
- 27
- 160
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