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.
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- 1.Take 98 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 2.If today is Wednesday, what day was it 24 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Monday (c) Wednesday (d) Sunday
- 3.Double 49 =
- 4.9 × 2 =
- 5.I thought of a number, added 1 and then doubled it. I got 34. What was my number?
- 6.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 25 11 21 | 15 19 23 | ? 27 13. What is the missing number?
- 7.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 35 =
- 8.Take 44 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 79 (b) 81 (c) 83 (d) 82
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 891: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.11 × 4 =
- 13.26 × ? = 26000
- 14.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 36 (b) 49 (c) 42 (d) 48
- 15.If today is Thursday, what day was it 31 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Monday
- 16.12345678 × 9 + 9 =
- 17.Think of 9. Multiply it by 4, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 18.Half of 88 =
- 19.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 23 26 11 | 8 ? 32 | 29 14 17. What is the missing number?
- 20.Take 440. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.What comes next? 13, 21, 29, 37, ? (a) 46 (b) 37 (c) 53 (d) 45
- 22.1234 × 9 + 5 =
- 23.9 × 4 =
- 24.The ages of two twins add up to 14. How old is each twin?
- 25.12345 × 9 + 6 =
- 26.8 × 9 =
- 27.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 28.943 × 10 =
- 29.41 × 4 =
- 30.A father is 43 years old and his son is 6. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 31.If today is Saturday, what day was it 20 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) Saturday
- 32.36 × 4 =
- 33.The 3rd of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 14th of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Sunday (c) Friday (d) Tuesday
- 34.The 7th of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 22nd of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 35.The 2nd of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 11th of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Tuesday (c) Monday (d) Wednesday
- 36.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 35 (d) 13
- 37.38 × 4 =
- 38.9 × 9 =
- 39.12345679 × 81 =
- 40.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 8, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
Answer key
- 81
- Sunday
- 98
- 18
- 16
- 17
- 324
- 36
- 1089
- 81
- 1089
- 44
- 1000
- 48
- Monday
- 111111111
- 45
- 44
- 20
- 396
- 45
- 11111
- 36
- 7
- 111111
- 72
- 0
- 9430
- 164
- 37
- Sunday
- 144
- Saturday
- Thursday
- Tuesday
- 13
- 152
- 81
- 999999999
- 4
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