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 390: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 3.891 + 198 =
- 4.Take 670. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 7.297 + 792 =
- 8.Take 547. 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 8. What is that number?
- 10.693 + 396 =
- 11.Take 905. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Take 149. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.792 + 297 =
- 14.Take 836. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 803: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.198 + 891 =
- 18.Take 954. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 107: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 21.Take 734. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 912: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Take 669. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 579. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 27.Take 511. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 804. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 966. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 640. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 119. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 588. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 980: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 952: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 119: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 310. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 621. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 228. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 594
- 693
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 891
- 1089
- 396
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 594
- 297
- 396
- 1089
- 297
- 396
- 198
- 396
- 396
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 792
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 495
- 594
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