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 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 2.Think of 6. Multiply it by 5, then add 5. What number do you end with?
- 3.What comes next? 9, 16, 25, 36, ? (a) 50 (b) 49 (c) 51 (d) 47
- 4.What comes next? 3, 6, 12, 24, ? (a) 49 (b) 42 (c) 36 (d) 48
- 5.37 × 4 =
- 6.9 × 10 =
- 7.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 27 =
- 8.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 9.297 + 792 =
- 10.?362 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 11.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.8?53 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 186: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.39 × 4 =
- 15.320 × 10 =
- 16.6 × 9 =
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 14 =
- 19.Think of 8. Multiply it by 5, then add 8. What number do you end with?
- 20.The 6th of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 22nd of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Wednesday (c) Tuesday (d) Monday
- 21.9 × 5 = 4? — what is the missing digit?
- 22.If today is Wednesday, what day will it be after 37 days? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) Saturday (d) Thursday
- 23.?370 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 24.8 × 9 =
- 25.49 × 4 =
- 26.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 27.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 78 =
- 28.19 × ? = 19000
- 29.11 × 1000 =
- 30.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 15 =
- 31.What comes next? 14, 17, 20, 23, ? (a) 23 (b) 26 (c) 27 (d) 29
- 32.23 × 1000 =
- 33.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 9 10 | 7 11 15 | 12 13 8. What is the missing number?
- 34.84 × 100 =
- 35.The 2nd of a month is a Wednesday. What day is the 25th of the same month? (a) Friday (b) Monday (c) Saturday (d) Thursday
- 36.Double 53 =
- 37.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 49 =
- 38.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 26 (b) 25 (c) 23 (d) 27
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 582: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 15 14 | ? 13 9 | 12 11 16. What is the missing number?
Answer key
- 4
- 35
- 49
- 48
- 148
- 90
- 196
- 2
- 1089
- 7
- 792
- 2
- 1089
- 156
- 3200
- 54
- 1089
- 105
- 48
- Tuesday
- 5
- Friday
- 8
- 72
- 196
- 8
- 3081
- 1000
- 11000
- 120
- 26
- 23000
- 14
- 8400
- Friday
- 106
- 625
- 25
- 1089
- 17
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