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.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 2.693 + 396 =
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 4.396 + 693 =
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 590: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 630. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.792 + 297 =
- 10.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Take 870. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Take 419. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 923: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 658. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.495 + 594 =
- 16.891 + 198 =
- 17.198 + 891 =
- 18.Take 360. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 901: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 816: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 937: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 108: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 471. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 981. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 154: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 974: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 981: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 204: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 230. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 32.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 345: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 173: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.594 + 495 =
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 811. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 295. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 489: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 250: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 693
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 891
- 792
- 495
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 396
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
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