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
- 1.11 × ? = 110
- 2.12 × 8 + 2 =
- 3.A father is 36 years old and his son is 8. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 4.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 6. I got 18. What was my number?
- 5.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 3. I got 31. What was my number?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 7.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 17 10 | 11 13 ? | 16 9 14. What is the missing number?
- 8.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 6 27 | 24 ? 12 | 9 30 15. What is the missing number?
- 9.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 30 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Monday (c) Tuesday (d) Sunday
- 10.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 11.37 × 15 =
- 12.807? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 13.A father is 42 years old and his son is 8. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 27 6 ? | 12 18 24 | 15 30 9. What is the missing number?
- 15.Think of 8. Multiply it by 3, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 16.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 17.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 82 (b) 81 (c) 79 (d) 83
- 18.Think of 4. Multiply it by 5, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 19.742 × 10 =
- 20.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 670: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 37 (b) 38 (c) 34 (d) 36
- 23.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 10 15 | 16 12 8 | 9 14 13. What is the missing number?
- 24.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 2 ? 6 | 9 5 1 | 4 3 8. What is the missing number?
- 25.776 × ? = 7760
- 26.1?17 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 27.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 580: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Take 93 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 30.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.1234567 × 9 + 8 =
- 32.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 23 =
- 33.The ages of two twins add up to 24. How old is each twin?
- 34.Magic trick! Think of 9. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 9. What number do you get?
- 35.3 × 100 =
- 36.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 37.25 × 4 =
- 38.13 × 4 =
- 39.548 × 10 =
- 40.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 18 15 30 | ? 21 9 | 12 27 24. What is the missing number?
Answer key
- 10
- 98
- 28
- 3
- 14
- 198
- 15
- 18
- Monday
- 7
- 555
- 3
- 34
- 21
- 25
- 5
- 81
- 24
- 7420
- 4
- 1089
- 36
- 11
- 7
- 10
- 9
- 2
- 1089
- 81
- 891
- 11111111
- 144
- 12
- 5
- 300
- 693
- 100
- 52
- 5480
- 33
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