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.Do the 1089 trick with 480: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Take 320. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 962: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 319: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.198 + 891 =
- 9.594 + 495 =
- 10.495 + 594 =
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 12.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 224. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Take 459. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 428. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Take 198. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 18.Take 139. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.693 + 396 =
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 731: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 280: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Take 721. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.792 + 297 =
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 188: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 128: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 724: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.891 + 198 =
- 30.Take 258. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 844. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 760: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 438. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 471. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 339: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 800. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 630. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 741. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 961. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 891
- 198
- 495
- 396
- 693
- 594
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 396
- 396
- 1089
- 396
- 297
- 1089
- 792
- 594
- 594
- 792
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