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 5. What is that number?
- 2.Take 700. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 246: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 662: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 338: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.693 + 396 =
- 9.396 + 693 =
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 618: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Take 530. 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 8. What is that number?
- 13.297 + 792 =
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 369: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 803: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 177: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 480: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Take 791. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 762: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 22.Take 133. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 770. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 923: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 125: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.495 + 594 =
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 830: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 891: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.594 + 495 =
- 30.Take 966. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 597. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 690. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 610. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 299: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 380. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 37.Take 924. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 913: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 991. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 602. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 594
- 693
- 297
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 792
- 198
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 198
- 594
- 594
- 1089
- 297
- 495
- 495
- 1089
- 792
- 396
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