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Maths tricks trick 15: Mixed trick challenge · Set 997 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.9 × 3 =
  2. 2.9 × 9 =
  3. 3.Half of 92 =
  4. 4.Half of 142 =
  5. 5.Take 936. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  6. 6.Do the 1089 trick with 479: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  7. 7.9 × 8 = ?2 — what is the missing digit?
  8. 8.25 × 4 =
  9. 9.84 × 100 =
  10. 10.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 22 12 14 | 8 ? 24 | 18 20 10. What is the missing number?
  11. 11.6 × 9 =
  12. 12.150 × ? = 1500
  13. 13.6 × 4 =
  14. 14.If today is Thursday, what day will it be after 41 days? (a) Thursday (b) Tuesday (c) Wednesday (d) Saturday
  15. 15.What comes next? 16, 25, 36, 49, ? (a) 62 (b) 65 (c) 66 (d) 64
  16. 16.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 91 =
  17. 17.Magic trick! Think of 14. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 14. What number do you get?
  18. 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 14 35 ? | 29 23 17 | 26 11 32. What is the missing number?
  19. 19.9 × 6 = ?4 — what is the missing digit?
  20. 20.Take 169. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  21. 21.12345679 × 54 =
  22. 22.9 × 3 = 2? — what is the missing digit?
  23. 23.If today is Friday, what day will it be after 17 days? (a) Sunday (b) Tuesday (c) Thursday (d) Monday
  24. 24.61 × ? = 6100
  25. 25.37 × 12 =
  26. 26.12 × 4 =
  27. 27.Odd one out: which number is NOT in the 5 times table? (a) 30 (b) 35 (c) 20 (d) 21
  28. 28.A girl is 5 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 4 years?
  29. 29.A girl is 10 years old and her brother is 5 years older. How old will her brother be in 3 years?
  30. 30.9 × 6 =
  31. 31.54 × 4 =
  32. 32.55 × 4 =
  33. 33.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 32 17 20 | 11 ? 35 | 26 29 14. What is the missing number?
  34. 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
  35. 35.46 × 4 =
  36. 36.19 × ? = 19000
  37. 37.Magic trick! Think of 19. Double it, add 16, halve it, then take away 19. What number do you get?
  38. 38.1 + 2 + 3 + … + 32 =
  39. 39.39 × 4 =
  40. 40.What comes next? 5, 10, 20, 40, ? (a) 81 (b) 70 (c) 60 (d) 80

Answer key

  1. 27
  2. 81
  3. 46
  4. 71
  5. 297
  6. 1089
  7. 7
  8. 100
  9. 8400
  10. 16
  11. 54
  12. 10
  13. 24
  14. Wednesday
  15. 64
  16. 4186
  17. 8
  18. 20
  19. 5
  20. 792
  21. 666666666
  22. 7
  23. Monday
  24. 100
  25. 444
  26. 48
  27. 21
  28. 14
  29. 18
  30. 54
  31. 216
  32. 220
  33. 23
  34. 396
  35. 184
  36. 1000
  37. 8
  38. 528
  39. 156
  40. 80

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