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 694: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.594 + 495 =
- 3.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Take 103. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 658: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 209: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.396 + 693 =
- 9.Take 654. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 833: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.891 + 198 =
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 890: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.297 + 792 =
- 14.792 + 297 =
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 16.495 + 594 =
- 17.198 + 891 =
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 19.Take 961. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 880: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 22.Take 407. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 610: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 310. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 300. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Take 320. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 126. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 981: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 902. 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 2. What is that number?
- 32.Take 175. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.693 + 396 =
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 840: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 36.Take 643. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 126: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 934: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 824. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 139: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 792
- 1089
- 495
- 297
- 1089
- 891
- 297
- 297
- 297
- 495
- 1089
- 693
- 297
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
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