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.Take 811. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 540: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 135: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 734: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 880: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.198 + 891 =
- 10.Take 397. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Take 806. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.693 + 396 =
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 693: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 432. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 714: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Take 209. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 720: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 913: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Take 147. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Take 116. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 963. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 310. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.594 + 495 =
- 25.Take 690. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.297 + 792 =
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 220: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 350: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 30.396 + 693 =
- 31.Take 654. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.792 + 297 =
- 33.Take 816. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 35.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 36.Take 700. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 195. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 164. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 305: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 784. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 693
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 594
- 495
- 594
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 297
- 198
- 693
- 396
- 297
- 1089
- 297
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