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 =
- 2.The ages of two twins add up to 20. How old is each twin?
- 3.4 × 1000 =
- 4.9 × 6 = 5? — what is the missing digit?
- 5.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 24 14 | 20 ? 12 | 18 8 22. What is the missing number?
- 6.23 × ? = 23000
- 7.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 8.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 4 and added 1. I got 57. What was my number?
- 9.Magic trick! Think of 7. Double it, add 12, halve it, then take away 7. What number do you get?
- 10.What comes next? 10, 17, 24, 31, ? (a) 31 (b) 45 (c) 38 (d) 39
- 11.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 51 days? (a) Friday (b) Saturday (c) Sunday (d) Tuesday
- 12.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 12 ? | 6 8 10 | 11 4 9. What is the missing number?
- 13.21 × 1000 =
- 14.14 × 1000 =
- 15.8 × 100 =
- 16.The ages of two twins add up to 26. How old is each twin?
- 17.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 27 (b) 26 (c) 23 (d) 25
- 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 25 28 13 | 10 22 34 | 31 ? 19. What is the missing number?
- 19.If today is Saturday, what day was it 26 days ago? (a) Tuesday (b) Thursday (c) Monday (d) Sunday
- 20.594 + 495 =
- 21.The 5th of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 24th of the same month? (a) Wednesday (b) Thursday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
- 22.9 × 2 = 1? — what is the missing digit?
- 23.You have 11 coins. Each coin is ₹1 or ₹2, and together they make ₹17. How many ₹2 coins do you have?
- 24.Double 51 =
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.9 × 10 = ?0 — what is the missing digit?
- 27.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 33 =
- 28.16 × 4 =
- 29.9 × 1 =
- 30.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 31.Half of 74 =
- 32.2 × 9 =
- 33.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 4 ? 2 | 3 5 7 | 8 1 6. What is the missing number?
- 34.If today is Saturday, what day will it be after 91 days? (a) Saturday (b) Tuesday (c) Sunday (d) Friday
- 35.12345678 × 8 + 8 =
- 36.The ages of two twins add up to 16. How old is each twin?
- 37.The 1st of a month is a Saturday. What day is the 20th of the same month? (a) Thursday (b) Sunday (c) Friday (d) Wednesday
- 38.18 × 4 =
- 39.1234 × 8 + 4 =
- 40.3 × 9 =
Answer key
- 54
- 10
- 4000
- 4
- 16
- 1000
- 7
- 14
- 6
- 38
- Saturday
- 5
- 21000
- 14000
- 800
- 13
- 25
- 16
- Monday
- 1089
- Thursday
- 8
- 6
- 102
- 1089
- 9
- 289
- 64
- 9
- 2
- 37
- 18
- 9
- Saturday
- 98765432
- 8
- Thursday
- 72
- 9876
- 27
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