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
- 1.57?5 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 2.27 × 10 =
- 3.Take 600. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 27 ? | 23 19 15 | 21 11 25. What is the missing number?
- 5.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 4 ? 2 | 3 5 7 | 8 1 6. What is the missing number?
- 6.Take 32 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 7.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 31 16 19 | 10 22 34 | 25 28 ?. What is the missing number?
- 8.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 9.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 31 =
- 10.Take 29 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 2 16 | 14 10 6 | 4 18 ?. What is the missing number?
- 12.Take 870. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 4, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 14.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 52 days? (a) Friday (b) Saturday (c) Thursday (d) Monday
- 15.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 92 =
- 16.43 × 4 =
- 17.31 × 4 =
- 18.6 × 9 =
- 19.9 × 6 =
- 20.9 × 9 =
- 21.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 26 (b) 23 (c) 25 (d) 27
- 22.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 4 years?
- 23.1 × 9 =
- 24.3 × 9 =
- 25.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 11 =
- 26.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 33 12 ? | 18 24 30 | 21 36 15. What is the missing number?
- 27.Half of 26 =
- 28.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 23 =
- 29.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 87 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Tuesday (c) Friday (d) Monday
- 30.9 × 10 =
- 31.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 41 days? (a) Sunday (b) Wednesday (c) Monday (d) Saturday
- 32.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 33.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 47 (b) 49 (c) 50 (d) 51
- 34.In 3 years a boy will be 17 years old. How old was he 7 years ago?
- 35.12345679 × 72 =
- 36.Take 95 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 37.Take 38 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 38.Double 75 =
- 39.Double 24 =
- 40.Half of 54 =
Answer key
- 1
- 270
- 594
- 17
- 9
- 27
- 13
- 5
- 496
- 18
- 8
- 792
- 2
- Friday
- 4278
- 172
- 124
- 54
- 54
- 81
- 25
- 14
- 9
- 27
- 36
- 27
- 13
- 144
- Tuesday
- 90
- Sunday
- 4
- 49
- 7
- 888888888
- 81
- 27
- 150
- 48
- 27
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