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.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 2.693 + 396 =
- 3.792 + 297 =
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 5.Take 225. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 194: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Take 765. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 954: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 472: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 951: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 12.Take 941. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.891 + 198 =
- 14.Take 632. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 174: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.495 + 594 =
- 19.594 + 495 =
- 20.Take 866. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 159: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Take 380. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 701. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.198 + 891 =
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 411: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 911. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Take 912. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 569: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 510: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 508. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 370: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.396 + 693 =
- 34.Take 184. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 176. 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 7. What is that number?
- 37.Take 266. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 39.Take 533. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
Answer key
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 792
- 1089
- 396
- 594
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 297
- 495
- 792
- 396
- 495
- 198
- 693
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