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1089 Trick Worksheet

Maths tricks trick 7: The 1089 magic trick · Set 122 · 40 questions
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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. 1.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
  2. 2.Do the 1089 trick with 356: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  3. 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
  4. 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
  5. 5.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  6. 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
  7. 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
  8. 8.396 + 693 =
  9. 9.198 + 891 =
  10. 10.Take 790. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  11. 11.Take 467. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  12. 12.Do the 1089 trick with 688: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  13. 13.Take 188. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  14. 14.Take 258. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  15. 15.594 + 495 =
  16. 16.297 + 792 =
  17. 17.Take 520. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  18. 18.Take 763. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  19. 19.Do the 1089 trick with 699: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  20. 20.Do the 1089 trick with 866: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  21. 21.Do the 1089 trick with 177: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  22. 22.Do the 1089 trick with 600: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  23. 23.693 + 396 =
  24. 24.Do the 1089 trick with 147: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  25. 25.Do the 1089 trick with 813: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  26. 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
  27. 27.Take 114. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  28. 28.Take 510. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  29. 29.Take 109. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  30. 30.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  31. 31.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  32. 32.Take 129. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  33. 33.Do the 1089 trick with 670: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  34. 34.Do the 1089 trick with 339: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  35. 35.Take 158. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  36. 36.891 + 198 =
  37. 37.Do the 1089 trick with 409: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  38. 38.Take 851. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  39. 39.Do the 1089 trick with 550: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  40. 40.Take 570. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?

Answer key

  1. 792
  2. 1089
  3. 198
  4. 693
  5. 1089
  6. 297
  7. 495
  8. 1089
  9. 1089
  10. 693
  11. 297
  12. 1089
  13. 693
  14. 594
  15. 1089
  16. 1089
  17. 495
  18. 396
  19. 1089
  20. 1089
  21. 1089
  22. 1089
  23. 1089
  24. 1089
  25. 1089
  26. 396
  27. 297
  28. 495
  29. 792
  30. 1089
  31. 1089
  32. 792
  33. 1089
  34. 1089
  35. 693
  36. 1089
  37. 1089
  38. 693
  39. 1089
  40. 495

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