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 174. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 582. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 650: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.297 + 792 =
- 6.Take 286. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 954. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.594 + 495 =
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 680: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.396 + 693 =
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 12.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.693 + 396 =
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 207: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 16.891 + 198 =
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 199: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 713: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 175: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 890: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.198 + 891 =
- 22.Take 169. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 812: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.792 + 297 =
- 26.Take 119. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Take 396. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 895. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 977: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 823. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 168. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 360: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 791. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 759: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 660: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 309. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 540. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 951. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 299. 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 1. What is that number?
Answer key
- 297
- 297
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 495
- 693
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 495
- 792
- 693
- 198
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