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 601: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Take 668. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 619. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 103: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Take 189. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Take 892. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 136: 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 1. What is that number?
- 9.Take 518. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 633: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.792 + 297 =
- 12.693 + 396 =
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 770: 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 7. What is that number?
- 15.Take 176. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 17.Take 466. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 528. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 855. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Take 126. 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 4. What is that number?
- 22.Take 843. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 913: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 25.495 + 594 =
- 26.198 + 891 =
- 27.Take 762. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Take 651. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 603. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 287: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 467: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 991. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 468: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 326. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 490: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 308. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 946. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 350: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 198
- 297
- 1089
- 792
- 594
- 1089
- 198
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 495
- 297
- 198
- 297
- 297
- 495
- 495
- 495
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 495
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 495
- 297
- 1089
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