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 893: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.495 + 594 =
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 860: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.297 + 792 =
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 7.Take 380. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 173: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Take 410. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 843: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 621: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 14.693 + 396 =
- 15.Take 511. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 109. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 349. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.396 + 693 =
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 117: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Take 548. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 248. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 502. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 578: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 28.Take 230. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 331: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 915: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 760: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.198 + 891 =
- 33.Take 422. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 35.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 456. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 921: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 196. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.792 + 297 =
- 40.Take 705. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 297
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 693
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 792
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 297
- 1089
- 495
- 297
- 792
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 594
- 891
- 198
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 198
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