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 830. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.693 + 396 =
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 581: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 845: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 159: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 813: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.792 + 297 =
- 14.Take 822. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 940. 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 4. What is that number?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 143: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.396 + 693 =
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 21.Take 284. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 743: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 841: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 26.297 + 792 =
- 27.Take 862. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 789. 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.Do the 1089 trick with 945: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 951: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 770: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 105. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 189: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 914. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.594 + 495 =
- 37.198 + 891 =
- 38.Take 654. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 684. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.891 + 198 =
Answer key
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 891
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 891
- 495
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 198
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 594
- 198
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 198
- 1089
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