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 806. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 3.693 + 396 =
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 5.495 + 594 =
- 6.Take 496. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 672: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.396 + 693 =
- 9.Take 129. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 183. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 980: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 822: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 885. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 956. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.297 + 792 =
- 17.792 + 297 =
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 772: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Take 559. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Take 640. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 844: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 940: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 870. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 730: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 200. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.594 + 495 =
- 28.Take 913. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 246. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 225. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 722: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 670. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 740. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 419. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 845: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 830. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 986. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 519: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 704. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 198
- 891
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 198
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 594
- 396
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 693
- 495
- 1089
- 792
- 891
- 297
- 1089
- 297
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