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 551: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 850: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 600: 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 3. What is that number?
- 5.396 + 693 =
- 6.Take 990. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 540: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 321. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 418: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Take 688. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 923. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 15.594 + 495 =
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 754. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 570. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 21.792 + 297 =
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 163: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 279: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 25.Take 519. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 704. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 639: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 29.891 + 198 =
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 31.693 + 396 =
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 173: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 701: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 841. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 890. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.198 + 891 =
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 200: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 880: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 492: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 852: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 891
- 198
- 1089
- 891
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 594
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 495
- 792
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 396
- 297
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
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