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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- 1.198 + 891 =
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 499: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.594 + 495 =
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 850: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 731: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 634: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 149: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 12.Take 821. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 134: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Take 237. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Take 941. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 670. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 620: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Take 631. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 953: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Take 811. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 477. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 935. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 650: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 610: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.693 + 396 =
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 328: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 186: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 398: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 509. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.792 + 297 =
- 35.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 36.Take 368. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 569: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.396 + 693 =
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 230: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 894. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 693
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 792
- 594
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 693
- 297
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 693
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
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