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.Take 116. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 895: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.891 + 198 =
- 4.198 + 891 =
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 720: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.792 + 297 =
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 437: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Take 599. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 14.594 + 495 =
- 15.Take 146. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 17.Take 480. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 941: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 835: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Take 614. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 138: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Take 369. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 730. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 623. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 927: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.396 + 693 =
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 520: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.495 + 594 =
- 29.Take 416. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.297 + 792 =
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 118: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 775: 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.Do the 1089 trick with 338: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 188. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 710: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 760. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 922: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 891
- 891
- 396
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 495
- 396
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 594
- 693
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
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