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 921. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.495 + 594 =
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 4.Take 912. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.792 + 297 =
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 8.Take 265. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 681: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Take 589. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Take 200. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.693 + 396 =
- 14.Take 553. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.594 + 495 =
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 600: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 608: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 468: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Take 437. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Take 783. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 940: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 409: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 513: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. 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 871: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 870. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 883. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 270: 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 7. What is that number?
- 31.396 + 693 =
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 641: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 581. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 430: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 557. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 274. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 931: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 230. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 341. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 792
- 1089
- 396
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 297
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 792
- 495
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 198
- 1089
- 891
- 198
- 198
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