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 831. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.495 + 594 =
- 3.Take 790. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Take 327. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 982: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Take 620. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.297 + 792 =
- 8.891 + 198 =
- 9.Take 285. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 679. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.198 + 891 =
- 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 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.594 + 495 =
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 805: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.792 + 297 =
- 18.Take 569. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 259. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 103: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 996: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Take 337. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 25.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 971. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 28.Take 167. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 388: 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.Take 664. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 761: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 361: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.396 + 693 =
- 35.Take 529. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 876: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 573. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 513. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 178: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 883. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 693
- 1089
- 693
- 396
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 495
- 693
- 792
- 792
- 396
- 594
- 1089
- 792
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 198
- 1089
- 495
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