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 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.693 + 396 =
- 3.495 + 594 =
- 4.Take 880. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.891 + 198 =
- 6.198 + 891 =
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 690: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 9.Take 714. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 11.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 13.Take 503. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 610: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Take 700. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 361: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 783: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 471: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.594 + 495 =
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 563: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Take 963. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.297 + 792 =
- 23.792 + 297 =
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 943: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 850: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 518: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 814: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 450: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 31.Take 215. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 125. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 34.Take 268. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 550. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 683. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 380: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 189: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 437. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 297
- 198
- 792
- 297
- 198
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 594
- 297
- 396
- 693
- 594
- 495
- 297
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
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