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 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.693 + 396 =
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 4.Take 703. 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 6. What is that number?
- 6.Take 593. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 862. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.594 + 495 =
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 10.891 + 198 =
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 850: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.297 + 792 =
- 14.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 791. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Take 911. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Take 128. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.396 + 693 =
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 824: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 800: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Take 890. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.495 + 594 =
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 783: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 579. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 480: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 30.792 + 297 =
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 460: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 611: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 841: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 200: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 902. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 995. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 911: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 980: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 396
- 693
- 198
- 594
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 594
- 792
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 396
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
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