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 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 600. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 773. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Take 973. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Take 329. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 850. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.297 + 792 =
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 782: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.792 + 297 =
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 520: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 620: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.693 + 396 =
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 922: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.594 + 495 =
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 940: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 860: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 19.Take 178. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 22.Take 200. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 225. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 440. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 249: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 730. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 690. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 614. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 961: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 33.Take 125. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 189. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.495 + 594 =
- 36.891 + 198 =
- 37.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 38.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 689. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 891
- 594
- 396
- 594
- 594
- 891
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 693
- 396
- 297
- 198
- 297
- 891
- 396
- 1089
- 693
- 594
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 396
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 792
- 1089
- 297
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