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 593. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 528: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 4.198 + 891 =
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 702: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.594 + 495 =
- 7.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 983: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 11.Take 155. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.792 + 297 =
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 337: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.297 + 792 =
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 893: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 991: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 184: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Take 845. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.396 + 693 =
- 21.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 248: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.693 + 396 =
- 25.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 750: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 287. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 800. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 168: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 511. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 923: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 34.Take 976. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 590: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 260. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 569. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 836: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 328. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 198
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 396
- 1089
- 297
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 891
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 495
- 792
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
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