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
- 1.9 × 10 =
- 2.28 × 4 =
- 3.10 × 9 =
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 5.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 42 =
- 6.Take 881. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 9 =
- 8.Double 21 =
- 9.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
- 10.1234567 × 9 + 8 =
- 11.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) 17
- 12.9 × 7 = 6? — what is the missing digit?
- 13.Think of 10. Multiply it by 3, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 14.1 × 9 =
- 15.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 16.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 17.Take 680. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Half of 154 =
- 19.4?56 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 20.The 8th of a month is a Friday. What day is the 16th of the same month? (a) Sunday (b) Friday (c) Tuesday (d) Saturday
- 21.53 × 4 =
- 22.25 × 4 =
- 23.26 × ? = 26000
- 24.21 × 4 =
- 25.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 2 12 | 6 10 14 | ? 18 4. What is the missing number?
- 26.I thought of a number, added 6 and then doubled it. I got 32. What was my number?
- 27.Double 63 =
- 28.40 × 4 =
- 29.Half of 114 =
- 30.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 31.Double 56 =
- 32.31 × 1000 =
- 33.54 × ? = 540
- 34.20 × ? = 2000
- 35.Take 189. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 37.21 × 1000 =
- 38.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 79 days? (a) Tuesday (b) Saturday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 39.9 × 2 =
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 417: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 90
- 112
- 90
- 792
- 903
- 693
- 25
- 42
- 5
- 11111111
- 16
- 3
- 35
- 9
- 8
- 0
- 594
- 77
- 3
- Saturday
- 212
- 100
- 1000
- 84
- 8
- 10
- 126
- 160
- 57
- 1
- 112
- 31000
- 10
- 100
- 792
- 2
- 21000
- Wednesday
- 18
- 1089
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