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 602. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 614. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 412: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 5.Take 861. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 937: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 920: 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 7. What is that number?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 841: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.396 + 693 =
- 11.495 + 594 =
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 13.Take 287. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.594 + 495 =
- 15.Take 246. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.792 + 297 =
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 338: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Take 923. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.891 + 198 =
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 325: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 924: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.198 + 891 =
- 23.297 + 792 =
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 964: 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 2. What is that number?
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 27.Take 811. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 29.Take 600. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 31.Take 975. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 690. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 537: 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 6. What is that number?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 648: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 770. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 188: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 422. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 560: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 396
- 198
- 1089
- 396
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 495
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 693
- 198
- 594
- 495
- 396
- 594
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 891
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