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 3. What is that number?
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 811: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 249: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Take 861. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 821: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 148. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.396 + 693 =
- 10.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.297 + 792 =
- 12.693 + 396 =
- 13.Take 802. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 199: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Take 832. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.198 + 891 =
- 20.Take 882. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.594 + 495 =
- 22.Take 951. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 801: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 136: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 691: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 844: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 448: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 770: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.495 + 594 =
- 31.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 32.Take 420. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 890. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 694. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 901: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 205. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 629: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 523. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 602. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 863. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 396
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 594
- 792
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 396
- 792
- 198
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 396
- 495
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