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 1. What is that number?
- 2.Take 345. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 700. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 964: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 711: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 872: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Take 860. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 12.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 355: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.693 + 396 =
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 907: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 174: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 986: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 771: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Take 571. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.792 + 297 =
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 923: 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 2. What is that number?
- 25.495 + 594 =
- 26.594 + 495 =
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 107: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 592: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 139: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.891 + 198 =
- 32.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 376: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 804. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 620: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 770. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 388. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 249: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 550. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 340: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 198
- 198
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 594
- 1089
- 792
- 396
- 891
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 693
- 495
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
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