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.
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- 1.6 × 9 =
- 2.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 3.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 4.62?0 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 5.If today is Thursday, what day was it 56 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Thursday (c) Wednesday (d) Friday
- 6.A father is 31 years old and his son is 9. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 7.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 81 (b) 83 (c) 82 (d) 79
- 8.You have 15 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹20. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 9.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 10.1 × 9 =
- 11.767 × 10 =
- 12.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 49 (b) 50 (c) 51 (d) 47
- 13.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 ? 17 | 16 14 12 | 11 18 13. What is the missing number?
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 20 10 | 16 12 8 | 14 4 ?. What is the missing number?
- 15.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 16.Half of 104 =
- 17.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 14 days? (a) Saturday (b) Monday (c) Thursday (d) Friday
- 18.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 16 days? (a) Sunday (b) Tuesday (c) Saturday (d) Friday
- 19.8 × 4 =
- 20.Think of 6. Multiply it by 3, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 21.37 × 21 =
- 22.Take 740. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.?74 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 24.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 11 =
- 25.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 74 days? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) Thursday (d) Saturday
- 26.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 18
- 27.29 × 1000 =
- 28.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 12. What was my number?
- 29.56 × 4 =
- 30.618? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 31.A piggy bank has 6 coins of ₹5 and 3 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 32.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 33.15 × 4 =
- 34.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 35.12345679 × 27 =
- 36.7 × ? = 7000
- 37.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 12 (b) 17 (c) 16 (d) 14
- 38.16 × 4 =
- 39.82 × ? = 8200
- 40.37 × 1000 =
Answer key
- 54
- 3
- 7
- 1
- Thursday
- 22
- 81
- 5
- 1
- 9
- 7670
- 49
- 10
- 18
- 8
- 52
- Friday
- Saturday
- 32
- 19
- 777
- 693
- 7
- 36
- Friday
- 8
- 29000
- 4
- 224
- 3
- 36
- 6
- 60
- 8
- 333333333
- 1000
- 16
- 64
- 100
- 37000
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