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 5. What is that number?
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 3.297 + 792 =
- 4.594 + 495 =
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 816: 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 8. What is that number?
- 7.396 + 693 =
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 9.Take 437. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 739: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Take 351. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 577. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Take 218. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 115. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 255: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 901. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 907. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 301. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.792 + 297 =
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 870: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Take 932. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 419: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 528: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.198 + 891 =
- 27.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 159: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 980: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 801: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 163: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 320. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 316. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 946. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 254: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 620. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 590: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 641. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 550. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 594
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 891
- 1089
- 198
- 198
- 594
- 396
- 1089
- 792
- 198
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 495
- 1089
- 495
- 495
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