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.Do the 1089 trick with 570: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Take 622. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 369. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.792 + 297 =
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 6.396 + 693 =
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 8.297 + 792 =
- 9.Take 830. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 451. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 12.Take 176. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 623. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Take 277. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 16.495 + 594 =
- 17.Take 992. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 680. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 370: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Take 932. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 22.Take 770. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 24.891 + 198 =
- 25.Take 800. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 780: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 618. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 411: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 653: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.693 + 396 =
- 33.Take 355. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 279. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.594 + 495 =
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 600: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 581. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. 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.Take 560. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 175. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 396
- 594
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 891
- 495
- 297
- 495
- 198
- 1089
- 693
- 594
- 1089
- 693
- 594
- 693
- 693
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 396
- 495
- 396
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