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
- 1.54 × ? = 5400
- 2.Think of 5. Multiply it by 5, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 3.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 4.28 × ? = 28000
- 5.Double 27 =
- 6.Think of 2. Multiply it by 2, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 7.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 6. I got 12. What was my number?
- 8.9 × 4 = ?6 — what is the missing digit?
- 9.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 82 =
- 10.What comes next? 16, 24, 32, 40, ? (a) 56 (b) 40 (c) 49 (d) 48
- 11.What comes next? 16, 19, 22, 25, ? (a) 31 (b) 28 (c) 29 (d) 25
- 12.12345678 × 9 + 9 =
- 13.Double 89 =
- 14.11111 × 11111 =
- 15.9 × 10 =
- 16.Take 31 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 17.123456789 × 8 + 9 =
- 18.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 60 (b) 70 (c) 81 (d) 80
- 19.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 64 =
- 20.41 × 4 =
- 21.Double 83 =
- 22.7 × 9 =
- 23.In 4 years a boy will be 16 years old. How old was he 7 years ago?
- 24.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 35 (b) 20 (c) 15 (d) 11
- 25.If today is Monday, what day was it 44 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Tuesday (d) Friday
- 26.Double 17 =
- 27.The 6th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 18th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Sunday (c) Friday (d) Thursday
- 28.9 × 9 =
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 31.Double 34 =
- 32.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 3 and added 9. I got 15. What was my number?
- 33.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 34.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 35.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 79 (b) 83 (c) 81 (d) 82
- 36.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 9 =
- 37.1?0 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 38.476? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 39.37 × 4 =
- 40.12345679 × 18 =
Answer key
- 100
- 28
- 4
- 1000
- 54
- 13
- 2
- 3
- 3403
- 48
- 28
- 111111111
- 178
- 123454321
- 90
- 27
- 987654321
- 80
- 2080
- 164
- 166
- 63
- 5
- 11
- Saturday
- 34
- Thursday
- 81
- 396
- 693
- 68
- 2
- 7
- 6
- 81
- 25
- 8
- 1
- 148
- 222222222
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