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 770. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 560. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 4.Take 173. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Take 621. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.198 + 891 =
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 705: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 9.Take 153. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 476. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 931: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 129: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 680: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 462: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.594 + 495 =
- 17.Take 300. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 381. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 824. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 980: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Take 670. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.495 + 594 =
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Take 133. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 328: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 482. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.891 + 198 =
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 411: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.297 + 792 =
- 30.Take 209. 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 3. What is that number?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 267: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 34.Take 850. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 109. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 126. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 199. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 39.Take 289. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.792 + 297 =
Answer key
- 693
- 495
- 198
- 198
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 198
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 198
- 396
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 396
- 1089
- 297
- 792
- 792
- 495
- 792
- 792
- 693
- 1089
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