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.Do the 1089 trick with 371: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 800: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.198 + 891 =
- 4.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Take 680. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Take 401. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 8.Take 850. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.396 + 693 =
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 11.792 + 297 =
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 941: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 14.594 + 495 =
- 15.Take 452. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 450: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 850: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 154: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Take 990. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Take 907. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 704: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 589: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 980: 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 4. What is that number?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 940: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 258. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 28.Take 406. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.495 + 594 =
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 31.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 32.Take 790. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 780. 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.Take 604. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 139: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.297 + 792 =
- 39.Take 720. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 480. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 594
- 297
- 594
- 792
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 594
- 891
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 297
- 693
- 693
- 792
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 396
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