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.Do the 1089 trick with 418: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 670: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.693 + 396 =
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 6.Take 982. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 911: 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?
- 9.891 + 198 =
- 10.Take 719. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Take 115. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 163: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 300: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Take 770. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 634: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.297 + 792 =
- 18.594 + 495 =
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 903: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.792 + 297 =
- 21.495 + 594 =
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 500: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 309. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 530. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 250: 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.Take 255. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 701. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.396 + 693 =
- 31.Take 391. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 614: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 200: 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 3. What is that number?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 144. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 850. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 460. 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 5. What is that number?
- 40.Take 743. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 693
- 693
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 396
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 594
- 495
- 1089
- 495
- 297
- 594
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 297
- 792
- 396
- 594
- 396
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