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 793. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 511. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 5.Take 266. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.396 + 693 =
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 905: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 350. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.792 + 297 =
- 10.297 + 792 =
- 11.Take 664. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.198 + 891 =
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 951: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 381: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Take 609. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Take 227. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.495 + 594 =
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 20.Take 881. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.891 + 198 =
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 965: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 598. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 561. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 209. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 820: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.693 + 396 =
- 28.Take 953. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 30.Take 973. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 210. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 197: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 924: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 602. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 129. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 294: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 229. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
Answer key
- 396
- 396
- 1089
- 297
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 495
- 1089
- 495
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 396
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 693
- 594
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 792
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