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 452. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 907: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.396 + 693 =
- 4.Take 196. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 6.594 + 495 =
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 9.792 + 297 =
- 10.Take 991. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 613: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Take 230. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 189: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 860. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 230: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 18.198 + 891 =
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 994: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Take 762. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 417. 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 2. What is that number?
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 25.Take 813. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.297 + 792 =
- 27.693 + 396 =
- 28.Take 209. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 971. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 601. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 491: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 974. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 35.Take 689. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 237. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 871: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 860: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 614. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 612: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 594
- 1089
- 198
- 891
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 792
- 396
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 495
- 297
- 297
- 693
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 792
- 495
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
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