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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- 1.693 + 396 =
- 2.Take 581. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 108: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 209: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Take 497. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 740: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 129: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 300: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Take 680. 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 2. What is that number?
- 11.297 + 792 =
- 12.Take 588. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 360: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 670. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.792 + 297 =
- 16.Take 911. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 220: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Take 600. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 295: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 467: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 22.594 + 495 =
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 670: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.891 + 198 =
- 25.396 + 693 =
- 26.Take 370. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 347: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.198 + 891 =
- 30.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 306: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 35.Take 620. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 268. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 940: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 145: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 470. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 297
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 594
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
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