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 704: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Take 904. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.891 + 198 =
- 5.792 + 297 =
- 6.Take 750. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.594 + 495 =
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 216: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 765: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 114: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.495 + 594 =
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 14.Take 229. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.297 + 792 =
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 279: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 873: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 992: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Take 925. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Take 804. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 893: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 24.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 962: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 320. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 642: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Take 442. 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 8. What is that number?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 980: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 134: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 570: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 710. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 620. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.396 + 693 =
- 37.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 38.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 39.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 477: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 495
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 594
- 891
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 891
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 594
- 1089
- 198
- 693
- 891
- 1089
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