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 184. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.297 + 792 =
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.594 + 495 =
- 6.495 + 594 =
- 7.693 + 396 =
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 156: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Take 680. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 11.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Take 950. 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 7. What is that number?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 540: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 720: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Take 890. 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 6. What is that number?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 860: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.891 + 198 =
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 385: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.198 + 891 =
- 22.Take 843. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 610: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 461. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Take 550. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.792 + 297 =
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 569: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 974: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 245: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 34.Take 912. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 881: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 570: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 750. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 497: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 396
- 891
- 891
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 495
- 1089
- 297
- 792
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 891
- 693
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
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