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 6. What is that number?
- 3.Take 107. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Take 990. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.396 + 693 =
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 7.Take 599. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. 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.Take 934. 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 5. What is that number?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 395: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. 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 944: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 15.Take 722. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Take 611. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 418: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Take 319. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 118: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 870: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Take 860. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 460: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 702: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 882: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.891 + 198 =
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 660: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.792 + 297 =
- 30.Take 530. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.297 + 792 =
- 32.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.693 + 396 =
- 34.Take 702. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 874: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 330. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 290: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 389: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 487. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 693
- 594
- 891
- 1089
- 396
- 396
- 891
- 495
- 594
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 297
- 495
- 495
- 495
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 891
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
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