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 244. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 903: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Take 266. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Take 902. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Take 826. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 542. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 370: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.198 + 891 =
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 11.Take 945. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 770: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.594 + 495 =
- 14.Take 640. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 690: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 17.495 + 594 =
- 18.Take 614. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.693 + 396 =
- 20.Take 450. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 980: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 671. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 835. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 934: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.891 + 198 =
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 28.Take 539. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 300. 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 6. What is that number?
- 31.Take 460. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 106: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 932: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 155. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 990. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 499: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 39.297 + 792 =
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 830: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 198
- 1089
- 396
- 891
- 693
- 198
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 396
- 792
- 1089
- 495
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 396
- 297
- 693
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 891
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
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