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 731: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.198 + 891 =
- 5.Take 773. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Take 911. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 280: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Take 470. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 336. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 893: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.297 + 792 =
- 15.Take 551. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 17.Take 990. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.693 + 396 =
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 20.Take 167. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Take 951. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 24.Take 573. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 993. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 812: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 863. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 760: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Take 890. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.396 + 693 =
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 471: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.792 + 297 =
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 674: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 854: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 124: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 559. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 377. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 851. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 448: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 117. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 396
- 792
- 891
- 1089
- 396
- 297
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 495
- 891
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 792
- 198
- 693
- 198
- 594
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 396
- 693
- 1089
- 594
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