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 399. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 580. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 460. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 5.792 + 297 =
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 365: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 127: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Take 169. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 346: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Take 510. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.891 + 198 =
- 13.Take 521. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 794: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Take 692. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.495 + 594 =
- 17.297 + 792 =
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 19.594 + 495 =
- 20.Take 357. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.198 + 891 =
- 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 23.Take 105. 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 4. What is that number?
- 25.Take 971. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 750. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 442: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 411: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 669: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 361. 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 2. What is that number?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 609: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 502. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 580: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 713. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 603. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 771. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 932. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 594
- 495
- 396
- 693
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 792
- 396
- 495
- 792
- 693
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 297
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 396
- 297
- 594
- 693
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