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
- 1.61 × 100 =
- 2.Double 67 =
- 3.Half of 184 =
- 4.52 × 4 =
- 5.11 × 4 =
- 6.Take 791. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.17 × 4 =
- 8.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 36 (b) 63 (c) 56 (d) 45
- 9.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 81 (b) 60 (c) 70 (d) 80
- 10.6 × 9 =
- 11.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 12.1234567 × 8 + 7 =
- 13.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 14.Take 89 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 15.46 × 100 =
- 16.51 × 4 =
- 17.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 3 13 | 7 11 15 | 9 19 5. What is the missing number?
- 18.Take 20 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 19.If today is Sunday, what day was it 26 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Monday (c) Wednesday (d) Tuesday
- 20.Take 629. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.19 × 10 =
- 22.Think of 10. Multiply it by 4, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 23.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 24.Think of 12. Multiply it by 5, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 25.7 × 9 =
- 26.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 28 13 | 22 16 10 | ? 4 25. What is the missing number?
- 27.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 26 (d) 21
- 28.Magic trick! Think of 12. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 12. What number do you get?
- 29.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 7 =
- 30.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 31.Think of 3. Multiply it by 5, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 32.12345679 × 9 =
- 33.74 × 100 =
- 34.What comes next? 3, 10, 17, 24, ? (a) 38 (b) 32 (c) 24 (d) 31
- 35.8 × 9 =
- 36.The 6th of a month is a Thursday. What day is the 15th of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Tuesday (c) Saturday (d) Friday
- 37.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 26 (b) 27 (c) 25 (d) 23
- 38.81?6 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 39.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 49 (b) 50 (c) 51 (d) 47
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 311: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 6100
- 134
- 92
- 208
- 44
- 594
- 68
- 56
- 80
- 54
- 9
- 9876543
- 5
- 72
- 4600
- 204
- 17
- 18
- Tuesday
- 297
- 190
- 42
- 4
- 63
- 63
- 19
- 26
- 8
- 28
- 7
- 24
- 111111111
- 7400
- 31
- 72
- Saturday
- 25
- 3
- 49
- 1089
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