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.?905 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 2.9 × 9 =
- 3.55 × 4 =
- 4.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 81 =
- 5.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 6.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 2 12 | 6 10 14 | ? 18 4. What is the missing number?
- 7.123456 × 8 + 6 =
- 8.12345679 × 81 =
- 9.Half of 16 =
- 10.4 × 9 =
- 11.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
- 12.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 26 (b) 27 (c) 25 (d) 23
- 13.30 × 4 =
- 14.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 28 =
- 15.A father is 37 years old and his son is 7. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 16.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
- 17.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 11 =
- 18.29 × 4 =
- 19.Magic trick! Think of 15. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 15. What number do you get?
- 20.11111 × 11111 =
- 21.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 3. I got 51. What was my number?
- 22.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 4 11 6 | 9 7 5 | 8 ? 10. What is the missing number?
- 23.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 24.13 × 1000 =
- 25.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 1. I got 31. What was my number?
- 26.57 × 4 =
- 27.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 49 =
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 30 ? | 36 24 12 | 21 18 33. What is the missing number?
- 29.436 × ? = 4360
- 30.65?5 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 31.Double 87 =
- 32.27 × 4 =
- 33.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 22 20 | 26 ? 10 | 16 14 24. What is the missing number?
- 34.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 6 =
- 35.What comes next? 12, 19, 26, 33, ? (a) 33 (b) 47 (c) 40 (d) 41
- 36.Half of 178 =
- 37.5 × 9 =
- 38.The 1st of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 12th of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Wednesday
- 39.?928 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 40.Take 55 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
Answer key
- 4
- 81
- 220
- 3321
- 3
- 8
- 987654
- 999999999
- 8
- 36
- 8
- 25
- 120
- 406
- 30
- 17
- 36
- 116
- 2
- 123454321
- 12
- 3
- 7
- 13000
- 15
- 228
- 625
- 27
- 10
- 2
- 174
- 108
- 18
- 21
- 40
- 89
- 45
- Thursday
- 8
- 45
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