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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- 1.891 + 198 =
- 2.Take 861. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 228: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 720: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Take 620. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 815: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 780: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 9.Take 320. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 715: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 12.Take 650. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 963. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 956: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 752: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Take 410. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 651. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.396 + 693 =
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 602: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 652: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Take 287. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.792 + 297 =
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 25.Take 835. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 429: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 922: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.297 + 792 =
- 30.Take 780. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.198 + 891 =
- 33.Take 442. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 367: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 219: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 940: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 860. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 183: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 594
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 891
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 495
- 297
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 891
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
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