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 830. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 337: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Take 710. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 660: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 418: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Take 210. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 860. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 690: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.396 + 693 =
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 790: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Take 743. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 144: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Take 492. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 18.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 418. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.495 + 594 =
- 21.198 + 891 =
- 22.Take 732. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 296. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.594 + 495 =
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 712: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.891 + 198 =
- 27.297 + 792 =
- 28.Take 690. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 740: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 229. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 119: 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 6. What is that number?
- 35.Take 653. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 730. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 226: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 126. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 338: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 792
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 792
- 891
- 495
- 198
- 891
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 693
- 297
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
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