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 + … + 32 =
- 2.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 35 (d) 41
- 3.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 72 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Friday (c) Monday (d) Tuesday
- 4.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 91 =
- 5.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 60 =
- 6.8?75 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 7.37 × 18 =
- 8.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 56 =
- 9.57 × 4 =
- 10.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 1. I got 51. What was my number?
- 11.2 × 9 =
- 12.2?99 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 13.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 14.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 88 days? (a) Sunday (b) Tuesday (c) Monday (d) Thursday
- 15.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 28 13 | 22 16 ? | 19 4 25. What is the missing number?
- 16.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 14, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 17.198 + 891 =
- 18.Half of 158 =
- 19.67?1 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 20.Double 68 =
- 21.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 22.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 46. What was my number?
- 23.?068 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 24.?445 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 25.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 26.Half of 162 =
- 27.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 28.317 × 10 =
- 29.9 × 2 =
- 30.Double 94 =
- 31.5 × 9 =
- 32.A girl is 11 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 34.15 × 100 =
- 35.If today is Saturday, what day was it 39 days ago? (a) Monday (b) Tuesday (c) Wednesday (d) Friday
- 36.Half of 16 =
- 37.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 38.93 × ? = 9300
- 39.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 8. I got 26. What was my number?
- 40.12345678 × 9 + 9 =
Answer key
- 528
- 41
- Tuesday
- 4186
- 1830
- 7
- 666
- 1596
- 228
- 10
- 18
- 7
- 3
- Monday
- 10
- 7
- 1089
- 79
- 4
- 136
- 1
- 20
- 4
- 5
- 8
- 81
- 2
- 3170
- 18
- 188
- 45
- 16
- 198
- 1500
- Tuesday
- 8
- 8
- 100
- 6
- 111111111
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