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 7. What is that number?
- 2.Take 689. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 965. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.792 + 297 =
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 860: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 811: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 990. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 416: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 320: 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?
- 12.198 + 891 =
- 13.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 987: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 16.Take 430. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Take 956. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.297 + 792 =
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 123: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 21.Take 603. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 582. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 330: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.693 + 396 =
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 692: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 258: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 912: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 589. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 369: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 824: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 714: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.396 + 693 =
- 38.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 39.891 + 198 =
- 40.Take 520. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 792
- 297
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 396
- 396
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 297
- 297
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 495
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