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 981: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Take 551. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.198 + 891 =
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Take 790. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.396 + 693 =
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 587: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 651. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 10.792 + 297 =
- 11.Take 669. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Take 430. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 14.Take 619. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 317: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 18.Take 681. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 963. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 209: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 791: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 175. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 254: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 148: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 563: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Take 795. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 31.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.891 + 198 =
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 509: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 550: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 500. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 568: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 860. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 495
- 1089
- 297
- 396
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 891
- 495
- 594
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 396
- 792
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 396
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 495
- 1089
- 792
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