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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- 1.594 + 495 =
- 2.297 + 792 =
- 3.396 + 693 =
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 679: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 6.Take 330. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 428: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 238. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 340: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.693 + 396 =
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 408: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Take 714. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Take 149. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Take 440. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 670: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 230: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Take 965. 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.Take 670. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 926: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Take 478. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 639: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 896. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Take 411. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 531. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 288: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 447: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 731. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.495 + 594 =
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 980: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 922. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 671. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 880. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 982. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 310. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 792
- 396
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 396
- 297
- 594
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 297
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 495
- 792
- 693
- 297
- 198
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