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1089 Trick Worksheet

Maths tricks trick 7: The 1089 magic trick · Set 359 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  2. 2.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  3. 3.Take 167. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  4. 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
  5. 5.Do the 1089 trick with 531: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  6. 6.Take 229. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  7. 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
  8. 8.396 + 693 =
  9. 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
  10. 10.Do the 1089 trick with 109: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  11. 11.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  12. 12.Do the 1089 trick with 259: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  13. 13.Take 300. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  14. 14.Do the 1089 trick with 700: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  15. 15.594 + 495 =
  16. 16.891 + 198 =
  17. 17.297 + 792 =
  18. 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
  19. 19.Do the 1089 trick with 440: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  20. 20.Do the 1089 trick with 880: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  21. 21.Do the 1089 trick with 119: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  22. 22.Take 650. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  23. 23.Take 885. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  24. 24.Take 996. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  25. 25.Take 688. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  26. 26.Do the 1089 trick with 926: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  27. 27.Do the 1089 trick with 590: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  28. 28.Do the 1089 trick with 389: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  29. 29.693 + 396 =
  30. 30.Do the 1089 trick with 902: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  31. 31.198 + 891 =
  32. 32.Take 247. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  33. 33.Take 295. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  34. 34.Do the 1089 trick with 690: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  35. 35.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  36. 36.Do the 1089 trick with 399: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  37. 37.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  38. 38.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  39. 39.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
  40. 40.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?

Answer key

  1. 891
  2. 792
  3. 594
  4. 792
  5. 1089
  6. 693
  7. 693
  8. 1089
  9. 297
  10. 1089
  11. 1089
  12. 1089
  13. 297
  14. 1089
  15. 1089
  16. 1089
  17. 1089
  18. 891
  19. 1089
  20. 1089
  21. 1089
  22. 594
  23. 297
  24. 297
  25. 198
  26. 1089
  27. 1089
  28. 1089
  29. 1089
  30. 1089
  31. 1089
  32. 495
  33. 297
  34. 1089
  35. 1089
  36. 1089
  37. 891
  38. 891
  39. 396
  40. 495

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