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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- 1.198 + 891 =
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 890: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.792 + 297 =
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 6.Take 781. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.495 + 594 =
- 8.Take 350. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Take 629. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 600: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.594 + 495 =
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 860: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 538: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Take 600. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Take 801. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 22.891 + 198 =
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.693 + 396 =
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 113: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 651. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 771. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 672. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 31.Take 420. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 982: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 703: 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 5. What is that number?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 710: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 533: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 497. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 134. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 168: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 129: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 693
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 594
- 396
- 198
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
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