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 705. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 876. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. 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.Do the 1089 trick with 205: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.594 + 495 =
- 7.Take 301. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.198 + 891 =
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 492: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 520: 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 2. What is that number?
- 12.Take 993. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 359: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 739. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.891 + 198 =
- 16.Take 800. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 940: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.495 + 594 =
- 20.297 + 792 =
- 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 260: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 600. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.396 + 693 =
- 25.Take 713. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. 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.Do the 1089 trick with 501: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 953: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 741: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 620: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 790: 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 8. What is that number?
- 33.Take 590. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 236: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 972: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 497. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 430. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 820. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 175. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 198
- 198
- 198
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 792
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 396
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 495
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 396
- 792
- 396
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