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
- 1.3 × 9 =
- 2.Half of 158 =
- 3.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 33 ? | 27 21 15 | 24 9 30. What is the missing number?
- 4.891 + 198 =
- 5.9 × 2 = ?8 — what is the missing digit?
- 6.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 3 times table? (a) 24 (b) 23 (c) 12 (d) 15
- 7.934 × 10 =
- 8.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 16 11 12 | 9 13 ? | 14 15 10. What is the missing number?
- 9.Take 129. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.25 × 4 =
- 11.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 35 =
- 12.9 × 9 =
- 13.Half of 68 =
- 14.34 × 4 =
- 15.37 × 3 =
- 16.The 5th of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 29th of the same month? (a) Saturday (b) Tuesday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
- 17.A girl is 8 years old and her brother is 4 years older. How old will her brother be in 4 years?
- 18.15 × 4 =
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 771: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 21.A father is 35 years old and his son is 11. How old was the father when the son was born?
- 22.35 × ? = 35000
- 23.What comes next? 4, 9, 16, 25, ? (a) 38 (b) 36 (c) 34 (d) 37
- 24.56 × 4 =
- 25.Take 412. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
- 27.The 3rd of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 22nd of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Sunday (c) Friday (d) Thursday
- 28.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) 17 (d) 12
- 29.Magic trick! Think of 16. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 16. What number do you get?
- 30.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Magic trick! Think of 4. Double it, add 6, halve it, then take away 4. What number do you get?
- 32.9 × 1 =
- 33.The ages of two twins add up to 14. How old is each twin?
- 34.1234 × 8 + 4 =
- 35.What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? (a) 24 (b) 33 (c) 28 (d) 32
- 36.60 × 4 =
- 37.Half of 166 =
- 38.The 8th of a month is a Sunday. What day is the 17th of the same month? (a) Monday (b) Wednesday (c) Friday (d) Tuesday
- 39.22 × 4 =
- 40.594 + 495 =
Answer key
- 27
- 79
- 18
- 1089
- 1
- 23
- 9340
- 17
- 792
- 100
- 630
- 81
- 34
- 136
- 111
- Wednesday
- 16
- 60
- 1089
- 198
- 24
- 1000
- 36
- 224
- 198
- 7
- Thursday
- 16
- 3
- 891
- 3
- 9
- 7
- 9876
- 32
- 240
- 83
- Tuesday
- 88
- 1089
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