1089 Trick Worksheet
The trick (Reverse and subtract): Reverse the number and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. The answer is always one of 198, 297, 396, 495, 594, 693, 792, 891: middle digit 9, first and last digits adding to 9. Reverse that answer and add: you always get 1089.
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- 1.Take 724. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 880. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 339. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Take 927. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 693: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Take 268. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 629. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 986: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.297 + 792 =
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 12.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 156. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Take 967. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 650. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 916: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Take 587. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 20.792 + 297 =
- 21.Take 953. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 550. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 806. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 379. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 442. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 410. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 761: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 29.Take 986. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 457: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.693 + 396 =
- 32.Take 604. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 158: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.495 + 594 =
- 36.Take 472. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 600: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 740. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.891 + 198 =
- 40.Take 922. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 297
- 792
- 594
- 198
- 1089
- 594
- 297
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 792
- 495
- 198
- 594
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 495
- 198
- 594
- 198
- 396
- 1089
- 396
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 693
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