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 511. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 200. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 850. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 165: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 358: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 8.396 + 693 =
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 11.Take 448. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Take 638. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 532: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Take 981. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 438: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 699. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 350. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.594 + 495 =
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 22.792 + 297 =
- 23.Take 189. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 820. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 821. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.297 + 792 =
- 27.Take 854. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 398. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 700. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 426. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 244. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.891 + 198 =
- 33.Take 800. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 880: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 945. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.495 + 594 =
- 37.Take 581. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 671: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 340. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.198 + 891 =
Answer key
- 396
- 198
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 396
- 594
- 396
- 198
- 297
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 792
- 792
- 693
- 1089
- 396
- 495
- 693
- 198
- 198
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
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