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 582. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 461: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 258: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 208: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Take 521. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 351: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 195. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 987: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 742: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Take 947. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Take 370. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 431. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 781: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 791. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 421. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.594 + 495 =
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 104: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 23.Take 229. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 901: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 992. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 215: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 774: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 320: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 592. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.792 + 297 =
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 753: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 158: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 624: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.693 + 396 =
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 428. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 451: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 891
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 297
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 693
- 693
- 1089
- 693
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 792
- 1089
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