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 690: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 199: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.198 + 891 =
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 669: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.495 + 594 =
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 7.594 + 495 =
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 9.297 + 792 =
- 10.Take 507. 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 6. What is that number?
- 12.Take 830. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 643: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 990. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 902. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 880: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 496. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 885: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 24.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 451: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.693 + 396 =
- 28.396 + 693 =
- 29.Take 992. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 551. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 814. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 209. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 688. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 710. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 391: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 924. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 926. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 178: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 914: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 198
- 693
- 792
- 1089
- 891
- 693
- 1089
- 891
- 792
- 198
- 594
- 495
- 1089
- 198
- 891
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 396
- 396
- 693
- 891
- 198
- 693
- 1089
- 495
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
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