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 688: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.792 + 297 =
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 4.Take 850. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 590: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.198 + 891 =
- 7.Take 409. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 951: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 698: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 370: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 257: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 672. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 224: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.693 + 396 =
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 22.396 + 693 =
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 723: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.495 + 594 =
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 732: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.891 + 198 =
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 921: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Take 157. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 488: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 825: 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 3. What is that number?
- 33.594 + 495 =
- 34.297 + 792 =
- 35.Take 548. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 980: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 577: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 812. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 309: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 891
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 891
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