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 3. What is that number?
- 2.891 + 198 =
- 3.495 + 594 =
- 4.Take 149. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 129: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 720. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 600: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.297 + 792 =
- 11.693 + 396 =
- 12.Take 175. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 325: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 744: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 341: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 962: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 360: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 608: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 24.594 + 495 =
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 630: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 980: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 387. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 917. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 279. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 32.Take 860. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 329. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 670: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 893: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 684. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 470: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 764. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 931. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 634: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 495
- 891
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 891
- 198
- 693
- 198
- 792
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 297
- 792
- 1089
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