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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- 1.297 + 792 =
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 409: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 781: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Take 971. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Take 820. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 186: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.198 + 891 =
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 169: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 683: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 922: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Take 850. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 800: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.693 + 396 =
- 18.Take 882. 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 8. What is that number?
- 20.396 + 693 =
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 720: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 109: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 25.792 + 297 =
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 27.Take 582. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 602: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Take 783. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 31.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 32.Take 114. 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 2. What is that number?
- 34.Take 300. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 308. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 971: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 500. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 783: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 1089
- 396
- 396
- 198
- 297
- 297
- 297
- 891
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
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