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.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 2.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 155. 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 5. What is that number?
- 5.Take 860. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.594 + 495 =
- 7.Take 698. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Take 800. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Take 866. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.891 + 198 =
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Take 199. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.495 + 594 =
- 14.297 + 792 =
- 15.396 + 693 =
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 17.Take 799. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 19.Take 890. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 668: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Take 953. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 613. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.693 + 396 =
- 24.Take 207. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 411. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 770: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 803. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 411: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 841: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 31.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 996: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 670. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 139: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 143. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 580. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 38.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 460: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 214: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 396
- 891
- 396
- 594
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 792
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 198
- 891
- 792
- 1089
- 594
- 297
- 1089
- 495
- 297
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 792
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 198
- 495
- 198
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
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