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
- 1.48 × 1000 =
- 2.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 81 days? (a) Sunday (b) Tuesday (c) Saturday (d) Friday
- 3.Double 82 =
- 4.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 7 =
- 5.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 13 =
- 6.The 7th of a month is a Friday. What day is the 19th of the same month? (a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday (c) Thursday (d) Saturday
- 7.37 × 27 =
- 8.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
- 9.32 × 4 =
- 10.1234567 × 9 + 8 =
- 11.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 81 (b) 60 (c) 70 (d) 80
- 12.93 × ? = 9300
- 13.If today is Thursday, what day was it 14 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Wednesday (c) Sunday (d) Thursday
- 14.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 15.Half of 132 =
- 16.The 6th of a month is a Monday. What day is the 23rd of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 17.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 8. I got 16. What was my number?
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 6 16 | 10 14 18 | 12 22 ?. What is the missing number?
- 19.Double 31 =
- 20.Magic trick! Think of 2. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 2. What number do you get?
- 21.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 7 times table? (a) 28 (b) 49 (c) 56 (d) 62
- 22.If today is Monday, what day was it 39 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Sunday (c) Thursday (d) Wednesday
- 23.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 24.15 × 4 =
- 25.52 × 4 =
- 26.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 28.A father is 31 years old and his son is 10. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 29.30 × 4 =
- 30.396 + 693 =
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 967: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.47 × 1000 =
- 33.Take 552. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.12345679 × 81 =
- 35.Half of 108 =
- 36.56 × 4 =
- 37.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 83 =
- 38.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 47 =
- 39.A father is 38 years old and his son is 10. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 40.3 × 9 =
Answer key
- 48000
- Saturday
- 164
- 28
- 49
- Wednesday
- 999
- 16
- 128
- 11111111
- 80
- 100
- Thursday
- 4
- 66
- Thursday
- 2
- 8
- 62
- 5
- 62
- Thursday
- 3
- 60
- 208
- 6
- 297
- 21
- 120
- 1089
- 1089
- 47000
- 297
- 999999999
- 54
- 224
- 3486
- 576
- 28
- 27
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