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 863: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 841: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.693 + 396 =
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Take 991. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Take 366. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 8.Take 411. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 278: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Take 550. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Take 871. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.594 + 495 =
- 13.Take 230. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Take 937. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 117: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Take 560. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 206: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 422: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.297 + 792 =
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 730: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 870. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.396 + 693 =
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 109: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 502: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 720: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.792 + 297 =
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 985: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.198 + 891 =
- 31.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 456: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 805. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 513: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.495 + 594 =
- 38.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 870: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 510: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 594
- 297
- 1089
- 495
- 693
- 1089
- 198
- 198
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 891
- 792
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
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