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
- 1.51 × 4 =
- 2.Double 61 =
- 3.Double 16 =
- 4.In 6 years a boy will be 16 years old. How old was he 5 years ago?
- 5.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 15 =
- 6.12345679 × 45 =
- 7.495 + 594 =
- 8.37 × 9 =
- 9.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 25 22 | 31 19 7 | ? 13 28. What is the missing number?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 610: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.7 × 9 =
- 12.36 × ? = 36000
- 13.What comes next? 13, 16, 19, 22, ? (a) 28 (b) 25 (c) 22 (d) 26
- 14.31 × 4 =
- 15.569 × 10 =
- 16.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 17.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 45 =
- 18.Half of 156 =
- 19.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 65 (b) 64 (c) 62 (d) 66
- 20.Double 81 =
- 21.The ages of two twins add up to 18. How old is each twin?
- 22.30 × 4 =
- 23.2 × 9 =
- 24.258 × 10 =
- 25.?187 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 26.9 × 4 = 3? — what is the missing digit?
- 27.If today is Friday, what day was it 50 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Wednesday (c) Sunday (d) Friday
- 28.I thought of a number, added 7 and then doubled it. I got 26. What was my number?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 327: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.19 × 4 =
- 31.44 × 4 =
- 32.297 + 792 =
- 33.60 × 100 =
- 34.Take 76 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 35.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 9 =
- 36.I thought of a number, added 2 and then doubled it. I got 14. What was my number?
- 37.45 × 4 =
- 38.37 × 24 =
- 39.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 82 =
- 40.?182 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
Answer key
- 204
- 122
- 32
- 5
- 120
- 555555555
- 1089
- 333
- 16
- 1089
- 63
- 1000
- 25
- 124
- 5690
- 2
- 529
- 78
- 64
- 162
- 9
- 120
- 18
- 2580
- 2
- 6
- Thursday
- 6
- 1089
- 76
- 176
- 1089
- 6000
- 63
- 25
- 5
- 180
- 888
- 3403
- 7
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