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 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 167. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 531: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Take 229. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 8.396 + 693 =
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 109: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 259: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Take 300. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 700: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.594 + 495 =
- 16.891 + 198 =
- 17.297 + 792 =
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 440: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. 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.Do the 1089 trick with 119: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Take 650. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 885. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 996. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 688. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 926: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 590: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 389: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.693 + 396 =
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 902: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.198 + 891 =
- 32.Take 247. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 295. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 690: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 399: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 40.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
Answer key
- 891
- 792
- 594
- 792
- 1089
- 693
- 693
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 297
- 297
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 891
- 396
- 495
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