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.Take 471. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 3.Take 581. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.198 + 891 =
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 380: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Take 750. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 840: 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 3. What is that number?
- 10.Take 802. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 117: 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 4. What is that number?
- 13.Take 984. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Take 109. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 904. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 319: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 366: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 540: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.693 + 396 =
- 22.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 197: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.891 + 198 =
- 25.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 26.Take 229. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 311: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Take 289. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 158: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.495 + 594 =
- 31.396 + 693 =
- 32.Take 146. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.792 + 297 =
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 649: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 933. 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 2. What is that number?
- 38.Take 761. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 664. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 851: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 297
- 198
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 396
- 594
- 1089
- 495
- 495
- 792
- 495
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 693
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 297
- 594
- 198
- 1089
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