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
- 1.37 × 12 =
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 3.9 × 2 =
- 4.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 5.12 × 9 + 3 =
- 6.824? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 7.2 × ? = 2000
- 8.Double 32 =
- 9.57 × 4 =
- 10.The 1st of a month is a Friday. What day is the 30th of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Tuesday (c) Sunday (d) Saturday
- 11.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 6 =
- 12.The 4th of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 23rd of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Saturday (c) Thursday (d) Friday
- 13.123456 × 8 + 6 =
- 14.Half of 52 =
- 15.297 + 792 =
- 16.47? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 17.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 18.10 × 9 =
- 19.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 36 (b) 37 (c) 38 (d) 34
- 20.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 21.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 49 =
- 22.40 × ? = 4000
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 996: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.31 × ? = 31000
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 712: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.8 × 1000 =
- 27.1 × 9 =
- 28.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 14 =
- 29.Take 58 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 31.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) 6
- 32.Take 93 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 33.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 11 12 | ? 13 17 | 14 15 10. What is the missing number?
- 34.9 × 9 =
- 35.952 × 10 =
- 36.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 84 =
- 37.The 1st of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 28th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Monday (c) Saturday (d) Friday
- 38.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 19 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Saturday (c) Monday (d) Thursday
- 39.1?04 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 40.Half of 168 =
Answer key
- 444
- 297
- 18
- 2
- 111
- 4
- 1000
- 64
- 228
- Saturday
- 21
- Friday
- 987654
- 26
- 1089
- 7
- 4
- 90
- 36
- 4
- 1225
- 100
- 1089
- 1000
- 1089
- 8000
- 9
- 105
- 45
- 891
- 11
- 81
- 9
- 81
- 9520
- 3570
- Friday
- Friday
- 4
- 84
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