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 5. What is that number?
- 2.Take 330. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 830. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 205: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 7.693 + 396 =
- 8.198 + 891 =
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 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 760: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Take 755. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 125. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 880: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 16.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.495 + 594 =
- 18.396 + 693 =
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 913: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.792 + 297 =
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 480: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 129: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 24.297 + 792 =
- 25.Take 301. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 882. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Take 295. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 659. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 528: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 660. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 520: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 237: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 658. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 780. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 901: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 349. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 753: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
Answer key
- 594
- 297
- 792
- 1089
- 891
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 396
- 1089
- 396
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 594
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 693
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