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1089 Trick Worksheet

Maths tricks trick 7: The 1089 magic trick · Set 145 · 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 764: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  2. 2.693 + 396 =
  3. 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
  4. 4.Take 690. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  5. 5.Do the 1089 trick with 630: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  6. 6.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  7. 7.Take 700. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  8. 8.Take 551. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  9. 9.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  10. 10.Take 345. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  11. 11.Do the 1089 trick with 760: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  12. 12.Do the 1089 trick with 126: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  13. 13.396 + 693 =
  14. 14.Do the 1089 trick with 477: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  15. 15.Do the 1089 trick with 149: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  16. 16.Take 499. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  17. 17.Do the 1089 trick with 245: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  18. 18.198 + 891 =
  19. 19.297 + 792 =
  20. 20.Take 329. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  21. 21.Take 743. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  22. 22.Take 228. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  23. 23.Do the 1089 trick with 357: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  24. 24.Do the 1089 trick with 460: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  25. 25.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
  26. 26.Do the 1089 trick with 577: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  27. 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
  28. 28.Do the 1089 trick with 113: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  29. 29.Take 248. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  30. 30.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  31. 31.891 + 198 =
  32. 32.594 + 495 =
  33. 33.Take 721. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  34. 34.Take 368. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  35. 35.Take 740. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  36. 36.Take 761. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  37. 37.Take 410. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  38. 38.Take 795. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  39. 39.Take 250. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  40. 40.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?

Answer key

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

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