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.Half of 194 =
- 2.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 83 =
- 3.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 17 12 13 | 10 14 18 | ? 16 11. What is the missing number?
- 4.Double 62 =
- 5.Double 58 =
- 6.What comes next? 13, 17, 21, 25, ? (a) 30 (b) 33 (c) 29 (d) 25
- 7.9 × 10 =
- 8.97 × ? = 9700
- 9.You have 7 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹12. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 10.If today is Saturday, what day was it 38 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Wednesday (c) Thursday (d) Tuesday
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 22 19 | ? 16 4 | 13 10 25. What is the missing number?
- 12.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 6 years?
- 13.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 3 17 | 15 11 7 | ? 19 9. What is the missing number?
- 14.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 15.2 × 9 =
- 16.Half of 182 =
- 17.?82 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 18.Take 78 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 19.36 × 4 =
- 20.What comes next? 4, 8, 16, 32, ? (a) 65 (b) 56 (c) 48 (d) 64
- 21.If today is Sunday, what day was it 46 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Saturday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 22.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 23.53 × 100 =
- 24.9 × 1 =
- 25.17 × 4 =
- 26.981 × 10 =
- 27.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 51 days? (a) Saturday (b) Tuesday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 28.Magic trick! Think of 18. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 18. What number do you get?
- 29.693 + 396 =
- 30.568? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 31.111111 × 111111 =
- 32.If today is Saturday, what day was it 28 days ago? (a) Sunday (b) Tuesday (c) Friday (d) Saturday
- 33.If today is Saturday, what day was it 56 days ago? (a) Saturday (b) Sunday (c) Tuesday (d) Friday
- 34.25 × 4 =
- 35.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 24 (b) 32 (c) 33 (d) 28
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 670: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.44 × 4 =
- 38.9 × 9 =
- 39.If today is Sunday, what day was it 17 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Thursday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
- 40.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 9 10 | 7 11 15 | ? 13 8. What is the missing number?
Answer key
- 97
- 3486
- 15
- 124
- 116
- 29
- 90
- 100
- 5
- Wednesday
- 28
- 15
- 5
- 396
- 18
- 91
- 8
- 63
- 144
- 64
- Wednesday
- 7
- 5300
- 9
- 68
- 9810
- Wednesday
- 3
- 1089
- 8
- 12345654321
- Saturday
- Saturday
- 100
- 32
- 1089
- 176
- 81
- Thursday
- 12
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