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.Take 580. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 741. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.693 + 396 =
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 719: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.297 + 792 =
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 8.594 + 495 =
- 9.Take 971. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 522: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 500: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 813. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 669. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 508: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Take 593. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 570: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Take 482. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 560. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 24.Take 468. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 225: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 980: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 684: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Take 870. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 528. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.495 + 594 =
- 32.Take 892. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 321: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 638. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 799: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 800. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 619. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 805. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 517: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 411: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 693
- 495
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 891
- 891
- 1089
- 495
- 297
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 495
- 594
- 396
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
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