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?
- 2.396 + 693 =
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 820: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.198 + 891 =
- 5.Take 977. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.594 + 495 =
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 8.Take 431. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Take 341. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 573. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 129: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Take 550. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Take 730. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.891 + 198 =
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 329: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 811: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Take 138. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 270: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 113: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 229: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 23.Take 279. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.495 + 594 =
- 25.Take 149. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 600: 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 4. What is that number?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 700: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 821. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 853: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 108: 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 3. What is that number?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 976: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 921: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.297 + 792 =
- 38.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 552: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 770. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 198
- 198
- 693
- 1089
- 495
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 693
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 891
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 693
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