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 183. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 520: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 890: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 790: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.891 + 198 =
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 509: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 722: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 570: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Take 240. 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 5. What is that number?
- 12.Take 411. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 269: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 15.693 + 396 =
- 16.Take 476. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 850: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 19.792 + 297 =
- 20.594 + 495 =
- 21.Take 178. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 880: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 729: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 399: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 561: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.495 + 594 =
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 851. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 630: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 287: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 712. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.297 + 792 =
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 801: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.396 + 693 =
Answer key
- 198
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 594
- 297
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 792
- 198
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
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