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 197: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Take 800. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 4.Take 639. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Take 601. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 7.Take 269. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 442: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Take 873. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 822. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 173: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 14.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 15.693 + 396 =
- 16.792 + 297 =
- 17.891 + 198 =
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 811: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 207: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Take 577. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.594 + 495 =
- 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 23.Take 984. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 903. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.198 + 891 =
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 840: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 801: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 571: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 286: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 833: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 377. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 200: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 804: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 552. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 743. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 884. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 773. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.396 + 693 =
- 40.Take 760. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 792
- 594
- 297
- 495
- 495
- 693
- 1089
- 495
- 594
- 792
- 1089
- 891
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 495
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 396
- 396
- 396
- 1089
- 693
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