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.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 356: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 8.396 + 693 =
- 9.198 + 891 =
- 10.Take 790. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Take 467. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 688: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Take 188. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Take 258. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.594 + 495 =
- 16.297 + 792 =
- 17.Take 520. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 763. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 699: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 866: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 177: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 600: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.693 + 396 =
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 147: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 813: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 27.Take 114. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 510. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 109. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 129. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 670: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 339: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 158. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.891 + 198 =
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 409: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 851. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 550: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 570. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 693
- 1089
- 297
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 297
- 1089
- 693
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 297
- 495
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 495
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