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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- 1.792 + 297 =
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 377: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Take 990. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.198 + 891 =
- 9.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 863. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 129: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Take 674. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 195: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Take 731. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 648: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 18.297 + 792 =
- 19.Take 340. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 840: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Take 880. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 591: 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 7. What is that number?
- 24.Take 660. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 926: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 658: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.693 + 396 =
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 663: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.495 + 594 =
- 30.Take 355. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 673: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 630. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 609. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 832. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 678. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 400. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 905. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 912. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 542: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.594 + 495 =
Answer key
- 1089
- 396
- 198
- 297
- 495
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 891
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 792
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 594
- 297
- 594
- 198
- 396
- 396
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
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