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.Do the 1089 trick with 854: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.291 × ? = 2910
- 3.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 46 days ago? (a) Monday (b) Thursday (c) Saturday (d) Friday
- 4.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.15 × 100 =
- 7.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 5. I got 27. What was my number?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 921: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.24 × 4 =
- 10.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 5 19 9 | 15 11 7 | 13 3 ?. What is the missing number?
- 11.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 25 =
- 12.The 7th of a month is a Monday. What day is the 25th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) Thursday (d) Saturday
- 13.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 45 days? (a) Sunday (b) Thursday (c) Wednesday (d) Friday
- 14.What comes next? 19, 27, 35, 43, ? (a) 43 (b) 51 (c) 59 (d) 52
- 15.Think of 10. Multiply it by 3, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 16.495 + 594 =
- 17.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 44 days? (a) Monday (b) Saturday (c) Sunday (d) Wednesday
- 18.198 + 891 =
- 19.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 20.66 × 100 =
- 21.326? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 22.42 × 100 =
- 23.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 24. What was my number?
- 24.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 31 =
- 25.4 × 1000 =
- 26.Think of 5. Multiply it by 4, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 27.You have 11 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹14. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 28.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 94 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Sunday (c) Saturday (d) Friday
- 29.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 7. I got 47. What was my number?
- 30.A father is 39 years old and his son is 10. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 31.Take 330. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 36 (b) 37 (c) 34 (d) 38
- 33.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 15 5 | ? 11 19 | 17 7 9. What is the missing number?
- 34.52 × 4 =
- 35.Half of 96 =
- 36.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 17 =
- 37.111 × 111 =
- 38.You have 9 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹12. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 39.31 × 4 =
- 40.Half of 134 =
Answer key
- 1089
- 10
- Friday
- 891
- 792
- 1500
- 11
- 1089
- 96
- 17
- 325
- Friday
- Thursday
- 51
- 38
- 1089
- Sunday
- 1089
- 6
- 6600
- 7
- 4200
- 6
- 256
- 4000
- 25
- 3
- Saturday
- 8
- 29
- 297
- 36
- 3
- 208
- 48
- 81
- 12321
- 3
- 124
- 67
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