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 8. What is that number?
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 3.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.198 + 891 =
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 770: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Take 973. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 700: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 774. 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 7. What is that number?
- 10.693 + 396 =
- 11.Take 199. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 501: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Take 113. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 307: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 355: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 702: 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 6. What is that number?
- 18.Take 269. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 650. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 22.Take 971. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.594 + 495 =
- 24.Take 289. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 197. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 744: 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 730: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Take 268. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 932: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Take 510. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 954. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 357: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.891 + 198 =
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 941: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 653: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.792 + 297 =
- 39.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 800. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 891
- 198
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 297
- 792
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 693
- 594
- 396
- 495
- 792
- 1089
- 693
- 594
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 495
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 792
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