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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- 1.297 + 792 =
- 2.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 217: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Take 700. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.198 + 891 =
- 6.495 + 594 =
- 7.594 + 495 =
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 9.Take 713. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 653. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 119: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Take 822. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 368. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 679: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 893: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.693 + 396 =
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 821: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 981: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Take 945. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Take 401. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 826: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 650: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.792 + 297 =
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 690: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 305. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.396 + 693 =
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 442: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Take 760. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 129. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 609: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 400. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 429: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 472. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 411. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 980: 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 3. What is that number?
- 39.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 40.891 + 198 =
Answer key
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 396
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 792
- 1089
- 891
- 396
- 891
- 1089
- 198
- 297
- 1089
- 396
- 198
- 1089
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