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1089 Trick Worksheet

Maths tricks trick 7: The 1089 magic trick · Set 207 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Do the 1089 trick with 650: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  2. 2.Do the 1089 trick with 104: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  3. 3.Take 355. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  4. 4.Do the 1089 trick with 765: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  5. 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
  6. 6.Do the 1089 trick with 527: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  7. 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
  8. 8.495 + 594 =
  9. 9.Do the 1089 trick with 327: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  10. 10.Take 440. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  11. 11.Do the 1089 trick with 176: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  12. 12.Do the 1089 trick with 720: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  13. 13.Take 873. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  14. 14.Do the 1089 trick with 501: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  15. 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
  16. 16.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  17. 17.Take 349. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  18. 18.Do the 1089 trick with 406: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  19. 19.Do the 1089 trick with 961: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  20. 20.Do the 1089 trick with 193: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  21. 21.297 + 792 =
  22. 22.Do the 1089 trick with 511: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  23. 23.Take 885. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  24. 24.Do the 1089 trick with 510: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  25. 25.792 + 297 =
  26. 26.Take 630. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  27. 27.198 + 891 =
  28. 28.Take 720. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  29. 29.Take 369. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  30. 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
  31. 31.Take 891. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  32. 32.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
  33. 33.Do the 1089 trick with 341: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  34. 34.891 + 198 =
  35. 35.Take 801. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  36. 36.Take 254. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  37. 37.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  38. 38.Take 912. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  39. 39.Take 169. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  40. 40.Take 199. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?

Answer key

  1. 1089
  2. 1089
  3. 198
  4. 1089
  5. 594
  6. 1089
  7. 693
  8. 1089
  9. 1089
  10. 396
  11. 1089
  12. 1089
  13. 495
  14. 1089
  15. 297
  16. 1089
  17. 594
  18. 1089
  19. 1089
  20. 1089
  21. 1089
  22. 1089
  23. 297
  24. 1089
  25. 1089
  26. 594
  27. 1089
  28. 693
  29. 594
  30. 396
  31. 693
  32. 198
  33. 1089
  34. 1089
  35. 693
  36. 198
  37. 1089
  38. 693
  39. 792
  40. 792

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