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1089 Trick Worksheet

Maths tricks trick 7: The 1089 magic trick · Set 57 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Do the 1089 trick with 531: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  2. 2.Do the 1089 trick with 852: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  3. 3.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  4. 4.Take 511. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  5. 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
  6. 6.Do the 1089 trick with 624: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  7. 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
  8. 8.Take 658. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  9. 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
  10. 10.Take 165. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  11. 11.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  12. 12.Do the 1089 trick with 815: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  13. 13.Take 173. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  14. 14.594 + 495 =
  15. 15.Take 733. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  16. 16.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  17. 17.693 + 396 =
  18. 18.Take 397. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  19. 19.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  20. 20.Do the 1089 trick with 862: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  21. 21.Take 663. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  22. 22.Do the 1089 trick with 139: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  23. 23.Do the 1089 trick with 871: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  24. 24.396 + 693 =
  25. 25.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  26. 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
  27. 27.Take 860. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  28. 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
  29. 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
  30. 30.Do the 1089 trick with 410: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  31. 31.495 + 594 =
  32. 32.Take 700. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  33. 33.198 + 891 =
  34. 34.Do the 1089 trick with 173: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  35. 35.792 + 297 =
  36. 36.Do the 1089 trick with 104: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  37. 37.Take 804. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  38. 38.Take 790. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  39. 39.Do the 1089 trick with 935: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  40. 40.Take 901. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?

Answer key

  1. 1089
  2. 1089
  3. 891
  4. 396
  5. 396
  6. 1089
  7. 792
  8. 198
  9. 297
  10. 396
  11. 891
  12. 1089
  13. 198
  14. 1089
  15. 396
  16. 1089
  17. 1089
  18. 396
  19. 1089
  20. 1089
  21. 297
  22. 1089
  23. 1089
  24. 1089
  25. 891
  26. 594
  27. 792
  28. 198
  29. 495
  30. 1089
  31. 1089
  32. 693
  33. 1089
  34. 1089
  35. 1089
  36. 1089
  37. 396
  38. 693
  39. 1089
  40. 792

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