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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.792 + 297 =
- 2.Take 882. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.495 + 594 =
- 4.198 + 891 =
- 5.Take 610. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.891 + 198 =
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 941: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 306: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Take 820. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 123: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Take 864. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 113: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 530: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 690: 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 1. What is that number?
- 18.Take 963. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 218. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Take 450. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 209: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 860: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Take 159. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 861. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 660. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 482: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.396 + 693 =
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 199: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 193. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 32.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 336: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 194: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 37.Take 558. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.297 + 792 =
- 39.Take 169. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 912: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 297
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 594
- 594
- 396
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 693
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 792
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 693
- 297
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
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