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.Double 82 =
- 2.10 × 9 =
- 3.13 × 100 =
- 4.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.42 × 1000 =
- 6.693 + 396 =
- 7.Double 35 =
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 9.9 × 6 =
- 10.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 60 (b) 81 (c) 70 (d) 80
- 11.Take 74 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 12.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 13.601? is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 14.2 × 9 =
- 15.35 × 4 =
- 16.What comes next? 25, 36, 49, 64, ? (a) 83 (b) 82 (c) 79 (d) 81
- 17.1234567 × 9 + 8 =
- 18.Double 39 =
- 19.Take 47 and take away the sum of its digits. What do you get?
- 20.97 × ? = 9700
- 21.Double 28 =
- 22.40 × 4 =
- 23.37 × 15 =
- 24.9 × 5 =
- 25.123456 × 8 + 6 =
- 26.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 79 =
- 27.8 × 4 =
- 28.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 32. What was my number?
- 29.49 × 4 =
- 30.Think of 6. Multiply it by 5, then add 2. What number do you end with?
- 31.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 44 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Sunday (c) Saturday (d) Monday
- 32.?402 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 33.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 34 days? (a) Monday (b) Wednesday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
- 34.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 10, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
- 35.5?53 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 36.3 × 9 =
- 37.37 × 12 =
- 38.Take 369. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.What comes next? 13, 16, 19, 22, ? (a) 26 (b) 22 (c) 28 (d) 25
- 40.I thought of a number, added 9 and then doubled it. I got 24. What was my number?
Answer key
- 164
- 90
- 1300
- 891
- 42000
- 1089
- 70
- 198
- 54
- 80
- 63
- 7
- 2
- 18
- 140
- 81
- 11111111
- 78
- 36
- 100
- 56
- 160
- 555
- 45
- 987654
- 3160
- 32
- 7
- 196
- 32
- Sunday
- 3
- Sunday
- 5
- 5
- 27
- 444
- 594
- 25
- 3
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