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 comes next? 17, 25, 33, 41, ? (a) 50 (b) 57 (c) 41 (d) 49
- 3.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 81 (b) 82 (c) 79 (d) 83
- 4.12345679 × 27 =
- 5.404 × ? = 4040
- 6.12345679 × 18 =
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 711: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 9.9 × 7 =
- 10.Half of 82 =
- 11.The 5th of a month is a Monday. What day is the 18th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) Saturday
- 12.41 × 4 =
- 13.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 81 =
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 17 ? 25 | 27 19 11 | 13 23 21. What is the missing number?
- 15.11 × 11 =
- 16.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 16 =
- 17.What comes next? 36, 49, 64, 81, ? (a) 102 (b) 101 (c) 98 (d) 100
- 18.546 × 10 =
- 19.37 × 3 =
- 20.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 ? 17 | 11 15 19 | 13 23 9. What is the missing number?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 760: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 23 9 | 11 15 19 | 21 7 17. What is the missing number?
- 23.9 × 9 =
- 24.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 9 14 | ? 13 15 | 12 17 10. What is the missing number?
- 25.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 11 =
- 26.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 8. I got 18. What was my number?
- 27.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 28.122 × ? = 1220
- 29.111 × 111 =
- 30.71?2 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 31.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 36. What was my number?
- 32.4?97 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 33.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 30 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Sunday (c) Saturday (d) Friday
- 34.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 38 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Wednesday (c) Saturday (d) Monday
- 35.38 × 100 =
- 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 4 18 8 | 14 10 6 | 12 ? 16. What is the missing number?
- 37.766 × 10 =
- 38.Half of 56 =
- 39.?45 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 40.A girl is 9 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 9 years?
Answer key
- 27
- 49
- 81
- 333333333
- 10
- 222222222
- 1089
- 2
- 63
- 41
- Sunday
- 164
- 3321
- 15
- 121
- 136
- 100
- 5460
- 111
- 7
- 1089
- 13
- 81
- 11
- 36
- 5
- 4
- 10
- 12321
- 8
- 17
- 7
- Saturday
- Sunday
- 3800
- 2
- 7660
- 28
- 9
- 21
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