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.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Take 890. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.198 + 891 =
- 5.Take 513. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 923: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 862. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 104: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. 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.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 591: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 861: 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 8. What is that number?
- 15.Take 361. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 301: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 954. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.297 + 792 =
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 20.Take 610. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Take 420. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 563: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 752. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 911: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 26.Take 907. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 890: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Take 234. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.693 + 396 =
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 31.Take 593. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.891 + 198 =
- 34.396 + 693 =
- 35.Take 477. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 210: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.495 + 594 =
- 38.Take 450. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 128. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 109: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 792
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 891
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 198
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 594
- 594
- 396
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 396
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 693
- 198
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 693
- 1089
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