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.Take 32 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 2.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 21 =
- 3.11 × 100 =
- 4.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 8. I got 18. What was my number?
- 5.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 53 =
- 6.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 87 =
- 7.If today is Monday, what day was it 46 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Friday (c) Thursday (d) Wednesday
- 8.297 + 792 =
- 9.37 × 24 =
- 10.767? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 11.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 68 =
- 12.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 17 10 15 | 12 14 16 | 13 ? 11. What is the missing number?
- 13.96 × 100 =
- 14.1234 × 8 + 4 =
- 15.What comes next? 11, 15, 19, 23, ? (a) 31 (b) 23 (c) 28 (d) 27
- 16.15 × 4 =
- 17.12345679 × 18 =
- 18.12345 × 9 + 6 =
- 19.Think of 6. Multiply it by 2, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 20.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 6 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
- 21.9 × 6 =
- 22.10 × 9 =
- 23.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 27 12 ? | 6 18 30 | 21 24 9. What is the missing number?
- 24.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 2 12 | 6 10 ? | 8 18 4. What is the missing number?
- 25.891 + 198 =
- 26.Think of 8. Multiply it by 3, then add 4. What number do you end with?
- 27.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 1 6 | ? 5 7 | 4 9 2. What is the missing number?
- 28.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 6 times table? (a) 53 (b) 18 (c) 30 (d) 24
- 29.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 2. I got 47. What was my number?
- 30.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 8 13 | 14 10 6 | 7 12 ?. What is the missing number?
- 31.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 48 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Tuesday (c) Saturday (d) Thursday
- 32.Double 56 =
- 33.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 15 days? (a) Thursday (b) Wednesday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
- 34.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 35.9 × 9 =
- 36.Think of 9. Multiply it by 4, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 37.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 97 =
- 38.232 × 10 =
- 39.8 × 9 =
- 40.The 3rd of a month is a Friday. What day is the 18th of the same month? (a) Tuesday (b) Sunday (c) Friday (d) Saturday
Answer key
- 27
- 121
- 1100
- 5
- 1431
- 3828
- Thursday
- 1089
- 888
- 7
- 2346
- 18
- 9600
- 9876
- 27
- 60
- 222222222
- 111111
- 14
- 14
- 54
- 90
- 15
- 14
- 1089
- 28
- 3
- 53
- 9
- 11
- Wednesday
- 112
- Thursday
- 10
- 81
- 39
- 4753
- 2320
- 72
- Saturday
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