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.
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- 1.Do the 1089 trick with 339: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.What comes next? 13, 16, 19, 22, ? (a) 26 (b) 22 (c) 25 (d) 28
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 289: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Magic trick! Think of 3. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 3. What number do you get?
- 5.A father is 32 years old and his son is 12. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 6.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 7.32 × 4 =
- 8.38 × 4 =
- 9.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 64 (b) 62 (c) 65 (d) 66
- 10.9 × 1 =
- 11.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 25 (b) 26 (c) 23 (d) 27
- 12.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 13.29 × ? = 29000
- 14.64 × 10 =
- 15.50 × 4 =
- 16.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 5 and added 8. I got 48. What was my number?
- 17.2 × 9 =
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 5 19 9 | 15 11 7 | 13 3 ?. What is the missing number?
- 19.8 × 9 =
- 20.The 5th of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 17th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Monday
- 21.1234 × 8 + 4 =
- 22.37 × 27 =
- 23.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 14 (b) 17 (c) 16 (d) 12
- 24.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 35 =
- 25.12345679 × 81 =
- 26.Double 52 =
- 27.66 × 10 =
- 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 23 20 | 29 17 5 | 14 ? 26. What is the missing number?
- 29.49 × ? = 490
- 30.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 25 ? | 31 19 7 | 16 13 28. What is the missing number?
- 31.Double 17 =
- 32.Half of 162 =
- 33.54 × 4 =
- 34.Magic trick! Think of 11. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 11. What number do you get?
- 35.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 51 days? (a) Saturday (b) Monday (c) Wednesday (d) Sunday
- 36.What comes next? 12, 16, 20, 24, ? (a) 24 (b) 28 (c) 29 (d) 32
- 37.Think of 8. Multiply it by 5, then add 9. What number do you end with?
- 38.5 × 9 =
- 39.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 49 =
- 40.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 2 12 | 6 10 14 | 8 18 ?. What is the missing number?
Answer key
- 1089
- 25
- 1089
- 8
- 20
- 6
- 128
- 152
- 64
- 9
- 25
- 1
- 1000
- 640
- 200
- 8
- 18
- 17
- 72
- Friday
- 9876
- 999
- 16
- 324
- 999999999
- 104
- 660
- 11
- 10
- 22
- 34
- 81
- 216
- 8
- Sunday
- 28
- 49
- 45
- 625
- 4
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