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 6. What is that number?
- 2.198 + 891 =
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 739: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Take 442. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.792 + 297 =
- 6.Take 914. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.297 + 792 =
- 8.693 + 396 =
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 865: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Take 143. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.891 + 198 =
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 830: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Take 681. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 145: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 300: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 800: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 965. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.495 + 594 =
- 25.Take 317. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Take 876. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 399. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 743: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 549: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 882: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 660: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 650: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 218. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 365. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 609. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 327. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 123. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 891
- 1089
- 495
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 396
- 891
- 1089
- 198
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 198
- 297
- 396
- 198
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