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
- 1.373 × ? = 3730
- 2.The ages of two twins add up to 26. How old is each twin?
- 3.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 85 =
- 4.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 17 =
- 5.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 37 (b) 36 (c) 38 (d) 34
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 356: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.9 × 9 =
- 8.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 12 days? (a) Sunday (b) Monday (c) Saturday (d) Wednesday
- 9.You have 6 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹11. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 10.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 29 =
- 11.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 34 days? (a) Monday (b) Saturday (c) Sunday (d) Wednesday
- 12.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 13.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 46. What was my number?
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 ? 15 | 18 24 30 | 33 12 27. What is the missing number?
- 15.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 2. I got 22. What was my number?
- 16.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 9 10 | 7 11 15 | 12 ? 8. What is the missing number?
- 17.198 + 891 =
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 24 3 18 | 9 ? 21 | 12 27 6. What is the missing number?
- 19.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 31 =
- 20.929 × 10 =
- 21.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 29 14 17 | 8 20 32 | 23 ? 11. What is the missing number?
- 22.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 49 =
- 23.16 × 1000 =
- 24.A girl is 6 years old and her brother is 2 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
- 25.10 × 9 =
- 26.A father is 38 years old and his son is 5. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 27.The 4th of a month is a Tuesday. What day is the 21st of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Thursday
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 ? 9 | 8 6 4 | 3 10 5. What is the missing number?
- 29.The 3rd of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 28th of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Thursday (c) Wednesday (d) Tuesday
- 30.533? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 31.711 × 10 =
- 32.3 × 9 =
- 33.1 × 9 =
- 34.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 24 days? (a) Saturday (b) Wednesday (c) Monday (d) Sunday
- 35.Take 51 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 36.15 × 1000 =
- 37.Double 95 =
- 38.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 38 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Thursday (c) Monday (d) Sunday
- 39.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 21 days? (a) Sunday (b) Wednesday (c) Friday (d) Thursday
- 40.Think of 12. Multiply it by 4, then add 4. What number do you end with?
Answer key
- 10
- 13
- 3655
- 81
- 36
- 1089
- 81
- Sunday
- 5
- 435
- Sunday
- 6
- 18
- 36
- 4
- 13
- 1089
- 15
- 256
- 9290
- 26
- 625
- 16000
- 11
- 90
- 33
- Friday
- 2
- Wednesday
- 7
- 7110
- 27
- 9
- Sunday
- 45
- 15000
- 190
- Monday
- Thursday
- 52
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