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.Do the 1089 trick with 710: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Take 119. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Take 108. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Take 911. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 408: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.198 + 891 =
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 9.Take 603. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 11.Take 881. 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 6. What is that number?
- 13.495 + 594 =
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 476: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Take 721. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 238: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 762. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 856. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.396 + 693 =
- 20.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Take 238. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 750. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 947. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 500. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 740. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Take 619. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.792 + 297 =
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 379: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 31.Take 184. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 850: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 189: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 503. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 831. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 749. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 714. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 299: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 693
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 396
- 693
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 495
- 198
- 1089
- 792
- 594
- 693
- 198
- 495
- 693
- 891
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 297
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 198
- 693
- 198
- 297
- 792
- 1089
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