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1089 Trick Worksheet

Maths tricks trick 7: The 1089 magic trick · Set 255 · 40 questions
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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. 1.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
  2. 2.495 + 594 =
  3. 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
  4. 4.Take 991. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  5. 5.Do the 1089 trick with 907: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  6. 6.297 + 792 =
  7. 7.693 + 396 =
  8. 8.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  9. 9.198 + 891 =
  10. 10.Take 749. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  11. 11.Do the 1089 trick with 256: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  12. 12.Take 780. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  13. 13.Do the 1089 trick with 690: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  14. 14.Take 701. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  15. 15.Take 219. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  16. 16.Take 834. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  17. 17.Take 260. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  18. 18.792 + 297 =
  19. 19.Do the 1089 trick with 518: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  20. 20.Do the 1089 trick with 701: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  21. 21.Do the 1089 trick with 981: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  22. 22.Take 760. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  23. 23.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  24. 24.Take 399. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  25. 25.Take 573. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  26. 26.Take 740. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  27. 27.Do the 1089 trick with 276: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  28. 28.Take 411. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  29. 29.Take 903. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  30. 30.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  31. 31.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  32. 32.Do the 1089 trick with 365: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  33. 33.Take 520. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  34. 34.Do the 1089 trick with 189: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  35. 35.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
  36. 36.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  37. 37.891 + 198 =
  38. 38.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
  39. 39.Do the 1089 trick with 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  40. 40.396 + 693 =

Answer key

  1. 792
  2. 1089
  3. 297
  4. 792
  5. 1089
  6. 1089
  7. 1089
  8. 891
  9. 1089
  10. 198
  11. 1089
  12. 693
  13. 1089
  14. 594
  15. 693
  16. 396
  17. 198
  18. 1089
  19. 1089
  20. 1089
  21. 1089
  22. 693
  23. 891
  24. 594
  25. 198
  26. 693
  27. 1089
  28. 297
  29. 594
  30. 1089
  31. 891
  32. 1089
  33. 495
  34. 1089
  35. 495
  36. 891
  37. 1089
  38. 891
  39. 1089
  40. 1089

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