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 823. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 722: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.792 + 297 =
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 611: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 952: 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.Do the 1089 trick with 128: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Take 851. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Take 183. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 13.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 119: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 16.Take 931. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 840: 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 3. What is that number?
- 20.Take 723. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 561: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 210: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 327. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 500: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 649: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 759. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 771: 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 2. What is that number?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 800: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 341. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 600: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 905. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.891 + 198 =
- 36.Take 230. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 882. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 408: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 924: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 198
- 198
- 891
- 1089
- 495
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 594
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
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