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?
- 2.297 + 792 =
- 3.Take 689. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Take 328. 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 6. What is that number?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 8.Take 860. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 922: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Take 401. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. 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 139. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 268. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.792 + 297 =
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 16.Take 234. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Take 851. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 619: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.594 + 495 =
- 20.891 + 198 =
- 21.Take 441. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 23.Take 391. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 25.Take 230. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 901: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 702: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Take 390. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 104: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.495 + 594 =
- 31.396 + 693 =
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 703: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 722: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 830. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 870: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 670. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 406: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 335. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 971. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 792
- 1089
- 297
- 891
- 495
- 693
- 198
- 792
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 792
- 594
- 1089
- 495
- 198
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 198
- 891
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 891
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 198
- 792
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