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 705. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 139. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 402: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Take 702. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 6.Take 732. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 874. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.594 + 495 =
- 9.396 + 693 =
- 10.Take 945. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.297 + 792 =
- 13.Take 510. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Take 722. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.891 + 198 =
- 16.Take 356. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 18.Take 268. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 759: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.198 + 891 =
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 980: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.792 + 297 =
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 610: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 25.495 + 594 =
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 920: 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 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 609: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Take 901. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 800. 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.Take 308. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 628: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 681. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 855: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 420: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 198
- 792
- 1089
- 495
- 198
- 495
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 891
- 1089
- 495
- 495
- 1089
- 297
- 495
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 792
- 792
- 891
- 495
- 891
- 1089
- 495
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
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