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1089 Trick Worksheet

Maths tricks trick 7: The 1089 magic trick · Set 54 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Take 961. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  2. 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
  3. 3.Take 880. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  4. 4.Do the 1089 trick with 467: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  5. 5.Take 926. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  6. 6.495 + 594 =
  7. 7.Do the 1089 trick with 820: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  8. 8.297 + 792 =
  9. 9.Take 760. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  10. 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
  11. 11.Take 906. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  12. 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
  13. 13.Take 360. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  14. 14.Do the 1089 trick with 428: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  15. 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
  16. 16.Do the 1089 trick with 620: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  17. 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
  18. 18.Do the 1089 trick with 941: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  19. 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
  20. 20.Do the 1089 trick with 401: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  21. 21.Do the 1089 trick with 583: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  22. 22.594 + 495 =
  23. 23.Take 790. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  24. 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
  25. 25.396 + 693 =
  26. 26.Take 931. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  27. 27.Take 375. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  28. 28.Take 943. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  29. 29.Do the 1089 trick with 801: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  30. 30.Do the 1089 trick with 749: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  31. 31.Take 357. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  32. 32.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  33. 33.Do the 1089 trick with 997: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  34. 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
  35. 35.Take 589. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  36. 36.Take 659. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  37. 37.Do the 1089 trick with 296: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  38. 38.Do the 1089 trick with 129: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  39. 39.Take 320. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  40. 40.Do the 1089 trick with 862: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?

Answer key

  1. 792
  2. 198
  3. 792
  4. 1089
  5. 297
  6. 1089
  7. 1089
  8. 1089
  9. 693
  10. 396
  11. 297
  12. 891
  13. 297
  14. 1089
  15. 792
  16. 1089
  17. 297
  18. 1089
  19. 594
  20. 1089
  21. 1089
  22. 1089
  23. 693
  24. 495
  25. 1089
  26. 792
  27. 198
  28. 594
  29. 1089
  30. 1089
  31. 396
  32. 1089
  33. 1089
  34. 693
  35. 396
  36. 297
  37. 1089
  38. 1089
  39. 297
  40. 1089

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