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 5. What is that number?
- 2.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 4.792 + 297 =
- 5.Take 856. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 940: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Take 104. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.297 + 792 =
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 270: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.891 + 198 =
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 740: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.495 + 594 =
- 14.Take 700. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 890: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Take 600. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 267: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 845: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 20.Take 113. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 540: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.198 + 891 =
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 996: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 397: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 914: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 947: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 801: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 733: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Take 611. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.693 + 396 =
- 33.Take 189. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 632. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 183. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 37.Take 458. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 761: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 301. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 594
- 891
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 891
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 792
- 396
- 198
- 297
- 396
- 1089
- 891
- 198
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