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 7. What is that number?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 940: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Take 762. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Take 710. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Take 590. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Take 911. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Take 620. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Take 317. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 741. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 674: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 720: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 14.594 + 495 =
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 630: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 153: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.396 + 693 =
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 227: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Take 390. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.792 + 297 =
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 860: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Take 840. 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 6. What is that number?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 805: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 490. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 740: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 216. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 442. 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?
- 30.297 + 792 =
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 826: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 461. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.198 + 891 =
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 660: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 145: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 519: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 598: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 39.Take 200. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 830: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 792
- 1089
- 495
- 693
- 495
- 792
- 891
- 594
- 396
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 693
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 396
- 198
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 198
- 1089
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