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1089 Trick Worksheet

Maths tricks trick 7: The 1089 magic trick · Set 143 · 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 731: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  2. 2.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  3. 3.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  4. 4.198 + 891 =
  5. 5.Take 773. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  6. 6.Take 911. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  7. 7.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  8. 8.Do the 1089 trick with 280: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  9. 9.Take 470. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  10. 10.Take 336. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  11. 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
  12. 12.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  13. 13.Do the 1089 trick with 893: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  14. 14.297 + 792 =
  15. 15.Take 551. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  16. 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
  17. 17.Take 990. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  18. 18.693 + 396 =
  19. 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
  20. 20.Take 167. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  21. 21.Take 951. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  22. 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
  23. 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
  24. 24.Take 573. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  25. 25.Take 993. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  26. 26.Do the 1089 trick with 812: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  27. 27.Take 863. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  28. 28.Do the 1089 trick with 760: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  29. 29.Take 890. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  30. 30.396 + 693 =
  31. 31.Do the 1089 trick with 471: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  32. 32.792 + 297 =
  33. 33.Do the 1089 trick with 674: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  34. 34.Do the 1089 trick with 854: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  35. 35.Do the 1089 trick with 124: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  36. 36.Take 559. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  37. 37.Take 377. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  38. 38.Take 851. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  39. 39.Do the 1089 trick with 448: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  40. 40.Take 117. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?

Answer key

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

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