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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- 1.297 + 792 =
- 2.Take 870. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.198 + 891 =
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 531: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Take 860. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 722: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 910. 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 7. What is that number?
- 10.Take 936. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 12.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 107. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Take 420. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 470. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.792 + 297 =
- 17.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 800. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. 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 480. 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 3. What is that number?
- 22.495 + 594 =
- 23.Take 593. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 26.Take 660. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 638: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 673: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 328. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 547. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 870: 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 5. What is that number?
- 35.Take 540. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 276: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 904: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 297. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.891 + 198 =
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 512: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 792
- 1089
- 891
- 792
- 297
- 297
- 891
- 594
- 396
- 396
- 1089
- 792
- 792
- 891
- 396
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 495
- 594
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 594
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
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