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Maths tricks trick 15: Mixed trick challenge · Set 966 · 40 questions
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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. 1.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 21 =
  2. 2.795 × ? = 7950
  3. 3.111111 × 111111 =
  4. 4.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 5 4 ? | 10 6 2 | 3 8 7. What is the missing number?
  5. 5.38 × ? = 38000
  6. 6.Half of 26 =
  7. 7.Think of 8. Multiply it by 3, then add 1. What number do you end with?
  8. 8.37 × 9 =
  9. 9.12345678 × 8 + 8 =
  10. 10.8 × 4 =
  11. 11.Take 816. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  12. 12.49 × ? = 49000
  13. 13.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 15 =
  14. 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 24 ? | 20 16 12 | 18 8 22. What is the missing number?
  15. 15.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 74 =
  16. 16.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 83 (b) 79 (c) 82 (d) 81
  17. 17.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 ? 7 | 4 8 12 | 9 10 5. What is the missing number?
  18. 18.Double 14 =
  19. 19.If today is Sunday, what day was it 14 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) Wednesday
  20. 20.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 30 15 | 12 24 36 | 33 18 21. What is the missing number?
  21. 21.46 × ? = 46000
  22. 22.Double 21 =
  23. 23.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 8 13 | 14 10 6 | 7 ? 11. What is the missing number?
  24. 24.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 27 =
  25. 25.Take 41 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
  26. 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
  27. 27.766 × ? = 7660
  28. 28.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 55 =
  29. 29.13 × 4 =
  30. 30.In 5 years a boy will be 18 years old. How old was he 7 years ago?
  31. 31.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 3. I got 43. What was my number?
  32. 32.2 × 9 =
  33. 33.9 × 8 =
  34. 34.9 × 4 =
  35. 35.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 18 8 10 | ? 12 20 | 14 16 6. What is the missing number?
  36. 36.46 × 4 =
  37. 37.A father is 37 years old and his son is 9. How old was the father when the son was born?
  38. 38.?141 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
  39. 39.61?5 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
  40. 40.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?

Answer key

  1. 121
  2. 10
  3. 12345654321
  4. 9
  5. 1000
  6. 13
  7. 25
  8. 333
  9. 98765432
  10. 32
  11. 198
  12. 1000
  13. 64
  14. 14
  15. 2775
  16. 81
  17. 6
  18. 28
  19. Sunday
  20. 27
  21. 1000
  22. 42
  23. 12
  24. 196
  25. 36
  26. 792
  27. 10
  28. 1540
  29. 52
  30. 6
  31. 10
  32. 18
  33. 72
  34. 36
  35. 4
  36. 184
  37. 28
  38. 3
  39. 6
  40. 4

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