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.Take 830. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 760. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 430. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.891 + 198 =
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 852: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Take 240. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 407. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 189: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 10.594 + 495 =
- 11.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 360: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.792 + 297 =
- 16.Take 841. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Take 347. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 682: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Take 886. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.495 + 594 =
- 21.396 + 693 =
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 940: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 114: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 560: 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 6. What is that number?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 759: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 30.Take 579. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 218: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 668: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 952. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.297 + 792 =
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 699. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 844. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 316: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 792
- 693
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 297
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 891
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 792
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 396
- 1089
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