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 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 338. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.297 + 792 =
- 4.Take 954. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 820: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.693 + 396 =
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 9.Take 167. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Take 880. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 719: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 109: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 379. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.198 + 891 =
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 984: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 380: 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 5. What is that number?
- 22.Take 521. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.891 + 198 =
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 795: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.792 + 297 =
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 28.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 217. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 903: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 370: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.594 + 495 =
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 200: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 148. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 340. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 246. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 580. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 830. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 993. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 891
- 495
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 594
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 693
- 396
- 1089
- 594
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 891
- 495
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 297
- 396
- 495
- 792
- 594
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