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 346. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 119. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 632: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.693 + 396 =
- 6.Take 640. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.594 + 495 =
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 754: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Take 588. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.792 + 297 =
- 11.Take 137. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.198 + 891 =
- 13.Take 990. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 178: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 196: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 830: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 732. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 391: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 22.Take 715. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 805: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.396 + 693 =
- 25.Take 681. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 982. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Take 860. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 492. 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 3. What is that number?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 31.Take 856. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 592: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 448: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 802: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 539: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 571. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 103. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 955: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 452: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 650: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 297
- 792
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 891
- 495
- 1089
- 693
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 693
- 792
- 198
- 396
- 792
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
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