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1089 Trick Worksheet

Maths tricks trick 7: The 1089 magic trick · Set 601 · 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.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
  2. 2.Do the 1089 trick with 572: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  3. 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
  4. 4.Take 377. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  5. 5.396 + 693 =
  6. 6.Do the 1089 trick with 992: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  7. 7.Take 254. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  8. 8.Take 533. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  9. 9.693 + 396 =
  10. 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
  11. 11.Take 491. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  12. 12.Do the 1089 trick with 125: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  13. 13.Take 996. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  14. 14.Take 805. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  15. 15.Do the 1089 trick with 274: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  16. 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
  17. 17.Do the 1089 trick with 380: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  18. 18.594 + 495 =
  19. 19.Do the 1089 trick with 319: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  20. 20.Do the 1089 trick with 401: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  21. 21.Do the 1089 trick with 904: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  22. 22.Take 744. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  23. 23.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  24. 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
  25. 25.Take 753. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  26. 26.Take 795. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  27. 27.198 + 891 =
  28. 28.Do the 1089 trick with 502: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  29. 29.Do the 1089 trick with 750: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  30. 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
  31. 31.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  32. 32.Do the 1089 trick with 299: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  33. 33.Take 127. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  34. 34.Take 351. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  35. 35.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  36. 36.792 + 297 =
  37. 37.Take 631. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  38. 38.Do the 1089 trick with 136: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  39. 39.Do the 1089 trick with 688: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  40. 40.Do the 1089 trick with 381: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?

Answer key

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

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