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 799: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.693 + 396 =
- 3.Take 438. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Take 153. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 840: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Take 880. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 820: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 410. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.792 + 297 =
- 10.Take 416. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Take 907. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 183: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.297 + 792 =
- 14.Take 117. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 16.594 + 495 =
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 508: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 430: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 118: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 23.Take 225. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 650. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.495 + 594 =
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 932: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 28.Take 690. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.198 + 891 =
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 971: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Take 800. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 33.Take 214. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 780: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 146: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 370: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 208. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 420: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. 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
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 198
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 594
- 792
- 297
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 693
- 198
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 198
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