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 129: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 638: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 820: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Take 476. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Take 823. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 902: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 750. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 563: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 11.Take 931. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 770: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 369: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.891 + 198 =
- 15.Take 860. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 977: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 481. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 175. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Take 119. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 703: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 971: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 822: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 270: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 870: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 119: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 31.396 + 693 =
- 32.Take 400. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 442. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 579: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 210. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 660. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 40.297 + 792 =
Answer key
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 495
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 792
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 891
- 297
- 396
- 792
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 396
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 891
- 594
- 891
- 1089
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