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 7. What is that number?
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 3.495 + 594 =
- 4.396 + 693 =
- 5.Take 189. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 751: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.297 + 792 =
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 10.Take 529. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.693 + 396 =
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 710: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.792 + 297 =
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Take 824. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Take 119. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 892: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 806: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 218: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Take 750. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 390. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 129: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 280. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 704. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Take 663. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 29.Take 330. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.891 + 198 =
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 902: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 620. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 992: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 825: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 420: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 358: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 830: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 285. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 792
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 396
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 297
- 297
- 891
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
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