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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- 1.594 + 495 =
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 3.198 + 891 =
- 4.495 + 594 =
- 5.891 + 198 =
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 482: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 8.396 + 693 =
- 9.Take 753. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 199: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.297 + 792 =
- 12.Take 147. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 990. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Take 349. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 360. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 347: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 336. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 940: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 976: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 456. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 691: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 286. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 720: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 520: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 891: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Take 703. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 452. 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.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 487: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 891. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 774. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 941. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 891
- 594
- 297
- 1089
- 297
- 792
- 693
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 594
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 198
- 891
- 891
- 1089
- 693
- 891
- 297
- 891
- 792
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