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 195. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 4.Take 907. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 800: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.891 + 198 =
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 940: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Take 127. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 931: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.297 + 792 =
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 470: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.198 + 891 =
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 360: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.396 + 693 =
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 745: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 177: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Take 680. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 916: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 330. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 260. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 947: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 28.Take 981. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 470. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.792 + 297 =
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 126: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 166. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 35.Take 297. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 720: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 628. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 199: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 840: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 198: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 396
- 891
- 792
- 198
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 297
- 198
- 1089
- 891
- 594
- 792
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 396
- 495
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
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