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.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 189: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 866: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 104: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 6.693 + 396 =
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 773: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 10.297 + 792 =
- 11.Take 783. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Take 370. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 14.792 + 297 =
- 15.Take 421. 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.Do the 1089 trick with 598: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Take 157. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 688: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.396 + 693 =
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 855: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 821: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 320. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 590. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 724. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 386: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 567: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 956: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 870: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.594 + 495 =
- 34.Take 896. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 883: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 861. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 227: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.891 + 198 =
- 39.Take 119. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 825. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 396
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 297
- 495
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 495
- 297
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 297
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