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?
- 2.198 + 891 =
- 3.Take 220. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 5.Take 905. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Take 470. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.594 + 495 =
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 9.792 + 297 =
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 11.Take 296. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 690: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Take 460. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.891 + 198 =
- 15.Take 990. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 980: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 944. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 491: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 911: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 143: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 199: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 360. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 103. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 901: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 623: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.495 + 594 =
- 32.Take 830. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 35.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 36.297 + 792 =
- 37.Take 823. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 361. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 114. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 784: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 792
- 396
- 396
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 396
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 297
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 891
- 495
- 891
- 1089
- 495
- 198
- 297
- 1089
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