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 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.The ages of two twins add up to 18. How old is each twin?
- 3.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 27 =
- 4.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 33 =
- 5.9 × 4 =
- 6.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 51 =
- 7.Half of 102 =
- 8.12345679 × 63 =
- 9.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 10.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 54 (b) 41 (c) 42 (d) 24
- 11.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 23 =
- 12.Half of 52 =
- 13.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 3 years older. How old will her brother be in 4 years?
- 14.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 81 (b) 80 (c) 60 (d) 70
- 15.8?8 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 16.Take 408. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 329: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.842 × ? = 8420
- 19.Double 69 =
- 20.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 36 =
- 21.?182 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 22.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 33 days? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Saturday (d) Tuesday
- 23.In 5 years a boy will be 17 years old. How old was he 5 years ago?
- 24.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 25.Take 844. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 10 20 | 22 14 6 | 8 18 16. What is the missing number?
- 27.54 × 4 =
- 28.4 × 9 =
- 29.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 39 =
- 30.45 × 4 =
- 31.Take 84 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 32.58 × 4 =
- 33.20 × 4 =
- 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 35.8 × 4 =
- 36.Take 92 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 37.9 × 9 = 8? — what is the missing digit?
- 38.724 × ? = 7240
- 39.A piggy bank has 4 coins of ₹5 and 3 coins of ₹2. How many rupees are in it?
- 40.Double 42 =
Answer key
- 891
- 9
- 196
- 289
- 36
- 1326
- 51
- 777777777
- 6
- 41
- 144
- 26
- 12
- 80
- 2
- 396
- 1089
- 10
- 138
- 666
- 7
- Saturday
- 7
- 0
- 396
- 12
- 216
- 36
- 780
- 180
- 72
- 232
- 80
- 297
- 32
- 81
- 1
- 10
- 26
- 84
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