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
- 1.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 12 =
- 2.5 × 9 =
- 3.905 × ? = 9050
- 4.Take 26 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 5.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 23 21 | 27 ? 11 | 17 15 25. What is the missing number?
- 7.Double 76 =
- 8.10 × 9 =
- 9.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 36 days? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Tuesday (d) Friday
- 10.The 3rd of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 23rd of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Friday (c) Monday (d) Thursday
- 11.The 3rd of a month is a Monday. What day is the 22nd of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Tuesday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
- 12.A piggy bank has 7 coins of ₹5 and 13 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 13.28 × 4 =
- 14.Double 65 =
- 15.Take 52 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 16.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 17.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 12 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) Thursday
- 18.872 × ? = 8720
- 19.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 33 (b) 32 (c) 28 (d) 24
- 20.27 × 4 =
- 21.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 14 24 | 26 18 10 | 12 22 ?. What is the missing number?
- 22.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 24 27 12 | 9 21 33 | 30 15 ?. What is the missing number?
- 23.3 × 9 =
- 24.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 25.1 × 9 =
- 26.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 60 days? (a) Thursday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Sunday
- 27.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 28.922 × 10 =
- 29.Take 14 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 30.14 × 4 =
- 31.49 × 4 =
- 32.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 67 =
- 33.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 47 (b) 24 (c) 36 (d) 48
- 34.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 1. I got 21. What was my number?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 911: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 15 =
- 37.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 15 10 | 9 13 ? | 16 11 12. What is the missing number?
- 38.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 39.243 × ? = 2430
- 40.9 × 2 =
Answer key
- 78
- 45
- 10
- 18
- 792
- 19
- 152
- 90
- Saturday
- Friday
- Saturday
- 61
- 112
- 130
- 45
- 5
- Monday
- 10
- 32
- 108
- 20
- 18
- 27
- 3
- 9
- Thursday
- 9
- 9220
- 9
- 56
- 196
- 2278
- 47
- 5
- 1089
- 64
- 17
- 4
- 10
- 18
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