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 1. What is that number?
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 660: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Take 104. 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 2. What is that number?
- 6.495 + 594 =
- 7.Take 411. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 542: 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 4. What is that number?
- 10.396 + 693 =
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 762: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Take 408. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 14.Take 801. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 881. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Take 690. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.297 + 792 =
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 770: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 126: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 360: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 412: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.198 + 891 =
- 23.Take 218. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.891 + 198 =
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 885: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.792 + 297 =
- 27.Take 710. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 250. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 380. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 608: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Take 731. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 510: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 920: 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 7. What is that number?
- 35.Take 582. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
Answer key
- 198
- 891
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 594
- 693
- 693
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 198
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 891
- 396
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