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1089 Trick Worksheet

Maths tricks trick 7: The 1089 magic trick · Set 135 · 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.Do the 1089 trick with 371: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  2. 2.Do the 1089 trick with 800: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  3. 3.198 + 891 =
  4. 4.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  5. 5.Take 680. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  6. 6.Take 401. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  7. 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
  8. 8.Take 850. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  9. 9.396 + 693 =
  10. 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
  11. 11.792 + 297 =
  12. 12.Do the 1089 trick with 941: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  13. 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
  14. 14.594 + 495 =
  15. 15.Take 452. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  16. 16.Do the 1089 trick with 450: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  17. 17.Do the 1089 trick with 850: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  18. 18.Do the 1089 trick with 154: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  19. 19.Take 990. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  20. 20.Take 907. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  21. 21.Do the 1089 trick with 704: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  22. 22.Do the 1089 trick with 589: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  23. 23.Do the 1089 trick with 980: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  24. 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
  25. 25.Do the 1089 trick with 940: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  26. 26.Take 258. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  27. 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
  28. 28.Take 406. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  29. 29.495 + 594 =
  30. 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
  31. 31.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
  32. 32.Take 790. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  33. 33.Take 780. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  34. 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
  35. 35.Take 604. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  36. 36.Do the 1089 trick with 139: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  37. 37.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  38. 38.297 + 792 =
  39. 39.Take 720. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  40. 40.Take 480. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?

Answer key

  1. 1089
  2. 1089
  3. 1089
  4. 891
  5. 594
  6. 297
  7. 594
  8. 792
  9. 1089
  10. 693
  11. 1089
  12. 1089
  13. 396
  14. 1089
  15. 198
  16. 1089
  17. 1089
  18. 1089
  19. 891
  20. 198
  21. 1089
  22. 1089
  23. 1089
  24. 495
  25. 1089
  26. 594
  27. 891
  28. 198
  29. 1089
  30. 198
  31. 297
  32. 693
  33. 693
  34. 792
  35. 198
  36. 1089
  37. 1089
  38. 1089
  39. 693
  40. 396

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