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 359: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Take 652. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 730. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.792 + 297 =
- 5.891 + 198 =
- 6.Take 139. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 277: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 875. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Take 319. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 871. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 470: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 389: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 270: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Take 590. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 17.Take 125. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.495 + 594 =
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 402: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.594 + 495 =
- 21.Take 410. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 811: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 730: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 210: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.396 + 693 =
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 258: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Take 401. 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 2. What is that number?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 217: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 311. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 34.Take 880. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 418. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 820: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 805: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 770: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 523. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 396
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 495
- 198
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 891
- 198
- 396
- 792
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
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