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.The 3rd of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 27th of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Monday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday
- 2.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 34 (b) 37 (c) 36 (d) 38
- 3.44 × ? = 44000
- 4.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 5.In 2 years a boy will be 14 years old. How old was he 2 years ago?
- 6.Take 70 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 7.Take 87 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 8.The 8th of a month is a Monday. What day is the 25th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Thursday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
- 9.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 26 29 ? | 11 23 35 | 32 17 20. What is the missing number?
- 10.12345 × 8 + 5 =
- 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 21 7 ? | 11 15 19 | 13 23 9. What is the missing number?
- 12.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 83 (b) 82 (c) 79 (d) 81
- 13.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 10 11 | 8 12 16 | 13 14 9. What is the missing number?
- 14.9 × 10 = 9? — what is the missing digit?
- 15.If today is Sunday, what day will it be after 11 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Friday (c) Sunday (d) Thursday
- 16.12345679 × 81 =
- 17.5 × 9 =
- 18.Double 71 =
- 19.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 20.16 × 4 =
- 21.792 + 297 =
- 22.33?4 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 23.Half of 44 =
- 24.37 × 24 =
- 25.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 8 times table? (a) 56 (b) 46 (c) 40 (d) 16
- 26.34 × 4 =
- 27.37 × 3 =
- 28.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 9 times table? (a) 45 (b) 30 (c) 72 (d) 18
- 29.If today is Thursday, what day was it 18 days ago? (a) Wednesday (b) Saturday (c) Sunday (d) Monday
- 30.?47 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 31.891 + 198 =
- 32.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 91 =
- 33.12345678 × 9 + 9 =
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 580: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Double 16 =
- 36.Half of 188 =
- 37.The 9th of a month is a Monday. What day is the 22nd of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Saturday (c) Monday (d) Sunday
- 38.The 4th of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 14th of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Tuesday (c) Sunday (d) Friday
- 39.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 30 (b) 45 (c) 46 (d) 20
- 40.The 6th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 17th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Saturday (c) Tuesday (d) Thursday
Answer key
- Tuesday
- 36
- 1000
- 7
- 10
- 63
- 72
- Thursday
- 14
- 98765
- 17
- 81
- 15
- 0
- Thursday
- 999999999
- 45
- 142
- 7
- 64
- 1089
- 8
- 22
- 888
- 46
- 136
- 111
- 30
- Sunday
- 7
- 1089
- 4186
- 111111111
- 1089
- 32
- 94
- Sunday
- Saturday
- 46
- Wednesday
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