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
- 1.11 × 4 =
- 2.Half of 132 =
- 3.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 4.If today is Monday, what day was it 22 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Sunday (c) Monday (d) Wednesday
- 5.10 × 4 =
- 6.1 × 9 =
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 8.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 13 =
- 9.Double 41 =
- 10.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 15 =
- 11.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 95 =
- 12.9 × 8 = 7? — what is the missing digit?
- 13.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 49 =
- 14.32 × 4 =
- 15.Magic trick! Think of 20. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 20. What number do you get?
- 16.Take 11 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 17.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 16 =
- 18.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 50. What was my number?
- 19.A father is 36 years old and his son is 12. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 20.I thought of a number, added 4 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
- 21.7?59 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 22.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 59 =
- 23.33 × ? = 3300
- 24.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 94 =
- 25.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 6 16 | 10 14 18 | 12 ? 8. What is the missing number?
- 26.Half of 22 =
- 27.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 28.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 80 =
- 29.2 × 9 =
- 30.6?17 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 31.976 × 10 =
- 32.I thought of a number, added 8 and then doubled it. I got 34. What was my number?
- 33.9 × 1 =
- 34.What comes next? 4, 13, 22, 31, ? (a) 40 (b) 31 (c) 41 (d) 49
- 35.27 × 4 =
- 36.45 × ? = 45000
- 37.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 6 11 | ? 8 4 | 5 10 9. What is the missing number?
- 38.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 9 =
- 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 11 4 | 5 ? 9 | 10 3 8. What is the missing number?
- 40.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
Answer key
- 44
- 66
- 9
- Sunday
- 40
- 9
- 297
- 49
- 82
- 120
- 4560
- 2
- 625
- 128
- 5
- 9
- 136
- 17
- 24
- 15
- 6
- 1770
- 100
- 4465
- 22
- 11
- 0
- 3240
- 18
- 4
- 9760
- 9
- 9
- 40
- 108
- 1000
- 12
- 25
- 7
- 6
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