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 840: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.198 + 891 =
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 4.Take 204. 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 1. What is that number?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 206: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 422. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 10.Take 552. 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 7. What is that number?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 502: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 265: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 860: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.297 + 792 =
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 497: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Take 700. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 986: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 337: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 812. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 780. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 331. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 27.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 119. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.495 + 594 =
- 30.396 + 693 =
- 31.Take 781. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 104: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 499. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 210. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 773. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 168: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 127: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 622. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.792 + 297 =
- 40.Take 398. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 198
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 891
- 297
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 693
- 198
- 297
- 792
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 495
- 198
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 495
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