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.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.297 + 792 =
- 3.594 + 495 =
- 4.Take 770. 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 3. What is that number?
- 6.Take 204. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 932. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Take 246. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 701: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 660: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 390: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 13.396 + 693 =
- 14.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 15.891 + 198 =
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 17.Take 825. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 391. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 830: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.495 + 594 =
- 21.Take 108. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 507. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Take 921. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 188: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 623. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 470: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Take 883. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 673: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 196: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 610. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 523: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 36.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 37.792 + 297 =
- 38.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 326: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 139: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 396
- 198
- 693
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 693
- 297
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 198
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 891
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
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