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 842: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Take 753. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.198 + 891 =
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 678: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Take 870. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 902: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Take 750. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 540: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Take 200. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 11.Take 634. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 13.693 + 396 =
- 14.Take 599. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 714. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.297 + 792 =
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 880: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.594 + 495 =
- 19.Take 400. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.792 + 297 =
- 21.Take 619. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 478: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 337: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Take 422. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 408: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 500: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 290: 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.Take 620. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 760: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 279: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 962: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 128. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 159. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 205: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 129. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 220. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 198
- 792
- 198
- 693
- 1089
- 396
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 891
- 792
- 1089
- 891
- 792
- 198
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