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 648: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.495 + 594 =
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 4.297 + 792 =
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 614: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 8.198 + 891 =
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 278: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 480: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Take 650. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.693 + 396 =
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 904. 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 5. What is that number?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 552: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.594 + 495 =
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 790: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 845: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Take 820. 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 2. What is that number?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 158: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 205: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Take 862. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 380: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 801: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 28.Take 230. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 951: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 710. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 844: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 701. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 395: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 503. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 600: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 570: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 136: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 198
- 1089
- 891
- 693
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
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