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 441: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 3.Take 311. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.198 + 891 =
- 5.Take 422. 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 5. What is that number?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 660: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 144: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 440: 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 2. What is that number?
- 12.Take 892. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 730. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 15.Take 744. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.594 + 495 =
- 17.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 389: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.396 + 693 =
- 20.297 + 792 =
- 21.Take 987. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 371. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.792 + 297 =
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 25.Take 520. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 27.Take 482. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.693 + 396 =
- 29.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 184. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. 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.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 985. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 416: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 249. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 590. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 200. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 390. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 198
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 693
- 495
- 297
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 198
- 1089
- 396
- 495
- 792
- 198
- 1089
- 891
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 693
- 495
- 198
- 297
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