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.You have 8 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹13. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 2.8 × 4 =
- 3.Think of 11. Multiply it by 3, then add 6. What number do you end with?
- 4.1 × 9 =
- 5.46 × 4 =
- 6.In 3 years a boy will be 16 years old. How old was he 2 years ago?
- 7.You have 12 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹16. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 8.39 × 4 =
- 9.Take 725. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 37 =
- 11.2 × 9 =
- 12.6 × 9 =
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 14.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 35 (b) 20 (c) 18 (d) 15
- 15.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 23 ? | 27 19 11 | 17 15 25. What is the missing number?
- 16.24 × 100 =
- 17.Take 470. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 19 =
- 19.7 × 9 =
- 20.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 14 9 | 8 12 16 | 15 10 11. What is the missing number?
- 21.9 × 9 =
- 22.?301 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 23.What comes next? 36, 49, 64, 81, ? (a) 98 (b) 102 (c) 101 (d) 100
- 24.50?0 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 25.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 45 =
- 26.38 × ? = 3800
- 27.12 × 4 =
- 28.You have 14 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹18. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 29.Double 39 =
- 30.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 81 (b) 70 (c) 80 (d) 60
- 31.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 54 days? (a) Saturday (b) Friday (c) Tuesday (d) Sunday
- 32.12345679 × 18 =
- 33.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 11 26 | ? 17 5 | 8 23 20. What is the missing number?
- 34.The ages of two twins add up to 12. How old is each twin?
- 35.Double 11 =
- 36.12 × 8 + 2 =
- 37.I thought of a number, added 3 and then doubled it. I got 42. What was my number?
- 38.Think of 8. Multiply it by 3, then add 3. What number do you end with?
- 39.9 × 7 =
- 40.9 × 5 =
Answer key
- 5
- 32
- 39
- 9
- 184
- 11
- 4
- 156
- 198
- 703
- 18
- 54
- 495
- 18
- 21
- 2400
- 396
- 190
- 63
- 13
- 81
- 5
- 100
- 4
- 529
- 100
- 48
- 4
- 78
- 80
- Saturday
- 222222222
- 29
- 6
- 22
- 98
- 18
- 27
- 63
- 45
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