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
- 1.14 × ? = 1400
- 2.9 × 4 =
- 3.?224 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 430: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 6.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 96 days? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Saturday
- 7.38?7 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 8.25 × ? = 25000
- 9.297 + 792 =
- 10.22 × 1000 =
- 11.167 × 10 =
- 12.2 × 9 =
- 13.111 × 111 =
- 14.If today is Sunday, what day was it 17 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Friday
- 15.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.37 × 6 =
- 17.30 × 1000 =
- 18.4?63 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 19.3 × 9 =
- 20.39 × 4 =
- 21.A father is 39 years old and his son is 8. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 22.28 × 4 =
- 23.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 7. I got 21. What was my number?
- 24.4 × 9 =
- 25.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 17 =
- 26.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 27.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 28.The ages of two twins add up to 20. How old is each twin?
- 29.In 4 years a boy will be 15 years old. How old was he 4 years ago?
- 30.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 24 ? 16 | 10 18 26 | 20 22 12. What is the missing number?
- 31.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 32.12345679 × 81 =
- 33.Double 85 =
- 34.9 × 9 =
- 35.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 36.Think of 7. Multiply it by 5, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 37.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 70 (b) 80 (c) 60 (d) 81
- 38.405 × ? = 4050
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 6 13 | 12 10 8 | 7 14 ?. What is the missing number?
- 40.9 × 1 =
Answer key
- 100
- 36
- 1
- 1089
- 1
- Saturday
- 9
- 1000
- 1089
- 22000
- 1670
- 18
- 12321
- Thursday
- 891
- 222
- 30000
- 5
- 27
- 156
- 31
- 112
- 7
- 36
- 81
- 9
- 5
- 10
- 7
- 14
- 693
- 999999999
- 170
- 81
- 297
- 36
- 80
- 10
- 9
- 9
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