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
- 1.975 × 10 =
- 2.?618 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 3.Think of 11. Multiply it by 2, then add 1. What number do you end with?
- 4.The 4th of a month is a Monday. What day is the 23rd of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Tuesday (c) Sunday (d) Saturday
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 673: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.A girl is 11 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 8 years?
- 7.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 38. What was my number?
- 8.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 3. I got 23. What was my number?
- 9.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 9 ? | 5 13 21 | 15 17 7. What is the missing number?
- 10.?575 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 11.9 × 6 =
- 12.I thought of a number, added 5 and then doubled it. I got 16. What was my number?
- 13.58 × 4 =
- 14.?302 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 15.The 4th of a month is a Friday. What day is the 27th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Wednesday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
- 16.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 22 days ago? (a) Monday (b) Tuesday (c) Sunday (d) Thursday
- 17.Half of 196 =
- 18.Half of 142 =
- 19.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 1 6 | 3 5 7 | 4 ? 2. What is the missing number?
- 20.?679 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 21.16?6 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 22.12 × ? = 1200
- 23.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 9 (b) 6 (c) 20 (d) 18
- 24.9 × 5 =
- 25.297 + 792 =
- 26.Double 36 =
- 27.111111 × 111111 =
- 28.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 29.9 × 5 = ?5 — what is the missing digit?
- 30.26 × 4 =
- 31.6 × ? = 6000
- 32.Double 12 =
- 33.35 × 4 =
- 34.969 × ? = 9690
- 35.8 × 1000 =
- 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 21 11 | 17 13 9 | 15 5 19. What is the missing number?
- 37.9 × 7 = ?3 — what is the missing digit?
- 38.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 7 years?
- 39.Take 24 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 40.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 24 (b) 33 (c) 28 (d) 32
Answer key
- 9750
- 3
- 23
- Saturday
- 1089
- 23
- 14
- 10
- 11
- 1
- 54
- 3
- 232
- 4
- Sunday
- Monday
- 98
- 71
- 9
- 5
- 5
- 100
- 20
- 45
- 1089
- 72
- 12345654321
- 9
- 4
- 104
- 1000
- 24
- 140
- 10
- 8000
- 7
- 6
- 16
- 18
- 32
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