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 670: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 3.Take 470. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Take 750. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Take 147. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 360: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.495 + 594 =
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 711: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 10.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 179: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 476: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Take 107. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.594 + 495 =
- 15.297 + 792 =
- 16.Take 733. 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 1. What is that number?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 248: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Take 977. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Take 651. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 704: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 300: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Take 510. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 963. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 440: 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 5. What is that number?
- 28.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 370. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.693 + 396 =
- 31.Take 806. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.792 + 297 =
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 700: 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?
- 35.396 + 693 =
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 529: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 906: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 921. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 236: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 495
- 396
- 693
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 495
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 495
- 594
- 1089
- 594
- 891
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
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