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
- 1.594 + 495 =
- 2.36 × 4 =
- 3.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 4.What comes next? 36, 49, 64, 81, ? (a) 101 (b) 98 (c) 102 (d) 100
- 5.7 × 9 =
- 6.48 × 4 =
- 7.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 14 (b) 17 (c) 16 (d) 12
- 8.Take 83 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 9.Take 957. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 11 6 | 5 9 13 | 12 7 ?. What is the missing number?
- 11.Take 320. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Half of 152 =
- 13.9 × 10 =
- 14.80?5 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 15.If today is Sunday, what day was it 25 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Wednesday (d) Tuesday
- 16.56? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 17.Half of 62 =
- 18.87 × 100 =
- 19.52 × ? = 5200
- 20.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 18 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Thursday (c) Sunday (d) Friday
- 21.8 × 4 =
- 22.6 × 100 =
- 23.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 13 =
- 24.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 9 ? | 7 11 15 | 12 13 8. What is the missing number?
- 25.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 26.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 27.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 ? 9 | 6 18 30 | 27 12 15. What is the missing number?
- 28.12345679 × 27 =
- 29.A girl is 9 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 2 years?
- 30.The ages of two twins add up to 22. How old is each twin?
- 31.9 × 1 =
- 32.Take 87 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 33.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 34.Half of 166 =
- 35.Take 780. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 9 10 | ? 11 15 | 12 13 8. What is the missing number?
- 37.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 75 =
- 38.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.450 × 10 =
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 731: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 144
- 4
- 100
- 63
- 192
- 16
- 72
- 198
- 8
- 297
- 76
- 90
- 5
- Wednesday
- 7
- 31
- 8700
- 100
- Thursday
- 32
- 600
- 49
- 10
- 2
- 5
- 24
- 333333333
- 13
- 11
- 9
- 72
- 6
- 83
- 693
- 7
- 2850
- 891
- 4500
- 1089
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