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
- 1.5 × 9 =
- 2.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 17 =
- 3.If today is Tuesday, what day was it 40 days ago? (a) Thursday (b) Wednesday (c) Friday (d) Sunday
- 4.9 × 3 = ?7 — what is the missing digit?
- 5.6 × 9 =
- 6.2 × 9 =
- 7.I thought of a number, multiplied it by 2 and added 3. I got 13. What was my number?
- 8.7 × 9 =
- 9.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 22 ? | 10 14 18 | 20 6 16. What is the missing number?
- 10.9 × 10 =
- 11.8?0 is in the 9 times table. One digit is hidden, and it is not 0. What is the hidden digit?
- 12.916 × 10 =
- 13.44 × 4 =
- 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 13 8 | 7 11 15 | 14 9 ?. What is the missing number?
- 15.9 × 9 = ?1 — what is the missing digit?
- 16.1 × 9 =
- 17.15 × ? = 1500
- 18.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
- 19.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 50 days? (a) Monday (b) Saturday (c) Thursday (d) Friday
- 20.If today is Monday, what day was it 51 days ago? (a) Friday (b) Tuesday (c) Sunday (d) Saturday
- 21.9 × 8 =
- 22.Half of 158 =
- 23.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 81 (b) 70 (c) 60 (d) 80
- 24.What comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (a) 23 (b) 25 (c) 27 (d) 26
- 25.If today is Monday, what day will it be after 87 days? (a) Wednesday (b) Friday (c) Thursday (d) Sunday
- 26.Double 51 =
- 27.693 + 396 =
- 28.In 5 years a boy will be 16 years old. How old was he 5 years ago?
- 29.In 4 years a boy will be 18 years old. How old was he 5 years ago?
- 30.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 33 =
- 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 5 ? 13 | 19 11 3 | 9 7 17. What is the missing number?
- 32.37 × 18 =
- 33.198 + 891 =
- 34.1 + 3 + 5 + … + 45 =
- 35.35 × 4 =
- 36.38 × 4 =
- 37.32 × ? = 3200
- 38.16 × 4 =
- 39.What comes next? 1, 2, 4, 8, ? (a) 12 (b) 17 (c) 16 (d) 14
- 40.Double 95 =
Answer key
- 45
- 153
- Thursday
- 2
- 54
- 18
- 5
- 63
- 8
- 90
- 1
- 9160
- 176
- 10
- 8
- 9
- 100
- 7
- Friday
- Saturday
- 72
- 79
- 80
- 25
- Thursday
- 102
- 1089
- 6
- 9
- 289
- 15
- 666
- 1089
- 529
- 140
- 152
- 100
- 64
- 16
- 190
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