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 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 587. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 974. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.297 + 792 =
- 5.Take 510. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.198 + 891 =
- 7.Take 629. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Take 750. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Take 700. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.792 + 297 =
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 820: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.693 + 396 =
- 16.Take 824. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.891 + 198 =
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 986: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Take 751. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 497: 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 3. What is that number?
- 22.Take 860. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.495 + 594 =
- 24.Take 769. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 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 984: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 469: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.594 + 495 =
- 30.Take 895. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 32.Take 361. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 860: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 902: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 820. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 540. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 802: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 740: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 604. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 783: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 891
- 198
- 495
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 297
- 693
- 891
- 1089
- 693
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 396
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 198
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 693
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
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