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.Do the 1089 trick with 208: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.396 + 693 =
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 609: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 739: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.891 + 198 =
- 6.Take 224. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 197. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.198 + 891 =
- 10.594 + 495 =
- 11.693 + 396 =
- 12.Take 210. 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 3. What is that number?
- 14.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 671. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 603: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Take 784. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 955. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 359: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 23.Take 542. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 167. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 26.Take 517. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 105: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Take 850. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 30.297 + 792 =
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 965: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.792 + 297 =
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 412: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 462. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 266: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 430. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 307: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 109: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 594
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 396
- 891
- 495
- 891
- 1089
- 297
- 396
- 891
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 594
- 198
- 198
- 1089
- 792
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 198
- 495
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
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