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 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 144: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Take 624. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Take 204. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Take 400. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Take 246. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 592: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Take 570. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 442: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. 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 114. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 14.198 + 891 =
- 15.Take 386. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.594 + 495 =
- 17.792 + 297 =
- 18.Take 670. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 400: 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.Do the 1089 trick with 128: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.297 + 792 =
- 23.Take 604. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 188. 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 4. What is that number?
- 26.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Take 189. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 490. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 381. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 739: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 744: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.891 + 198 =
- 34.Take 902. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 573: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 733. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.396 + 693 =
- 38.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 39.Take 238. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.693 + 396 =
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 198
- 396
- 396
- 1089
- 891
- 495
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 198
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 693
- 495
- 792
- 792
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 396
- 594
- 1089
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