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.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 62 days? (a) Monday (b) Tuesday (c) Wednesday (d) Friday
- 2.891 + 198 =
- 3.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 4.Think of 6. Multiply it by 3, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 5.9 × 6 =
- 6.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 3 ? | 5 7 9 | 6 11 4. What is the missing number?
- 7.A girl is 12 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
- 8.12345679 × 45 =
- 9.30?3 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 10.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 24 21 | 30 ? 6 | 15 12 27. What is the missing number?
- 11.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 92 =
- 12.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 26 =
- 13.Double 35 =
- 14.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 15.Double 33 =
- 16.What comes next? 15, 22, 29, 36, ? (a) 50 (b) 36 (c) 44 (d) 43
- 17.You have 12 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹21. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 18.In 4 years a boy will be 15 years old. How old was he 6 years ago?
- 19.43 × 4 =
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 21.8 × 9 =
- 22.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 5 10 3 | 4 6 8 | 9 ? 7. What is the missing number?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 24.2 × 9 =
- 25.46 × 4 =
- 26.What comes next? 3, 5, 7, 9, ? (a) 12 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) 9
- 27.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 48 (b) 49 (c) 36 (d) 42
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 5 15 | 9 13 17 | ? 21 7. What is the missing number?
- 29.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 82 =
- 30.19 × 4 =
- 31.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 58 =
- 32.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 38 (b) 37 (c) 34 (d) 36
- 33.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 78 days? (a) Thursday (b) Tuesday (c) Sunday (d) Monday
- 34.?165 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 35.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 36.Double 53 =
- 37.490? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 27 30 15 | ? 24 36 | 33 18 21. What is the missing number?
- 39.37 × 9 =
- 40.Take 660. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- Tuesday
- 1089
- 3
- 23
- 54
- 8
- 23
- 555555555
- 3
- 18
- 4278
- 351
- 70
- 4
- 66
- 43
- 9
- 5
- 172
- 792
- 72
- 2
- 594
- 18
- 184
- 11
- 48
- 11
- 3403
- 76
- 1711
- 36
- Monday
- 6
- 0
- 106
- 5
- 12
- 333
- 594
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