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 3. What is that number?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 572: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 4.Take 377. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.396 + 693 =
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 992: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Take 254. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Take 533. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.693 + 396 =
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 11.Take 491. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 125: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Take 996. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Take 805. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 274: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. 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 380: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.594 + 495 =
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 319: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 401: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 904: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Take 744. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 25.Take 753. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 795. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.198 + 891 =
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 502: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 750: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 299: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 127. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 351. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.792 + 297 =
- 37.Take 631. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 136: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 688: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 381: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 396
- 1089
- 495
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 198
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 891
- 198
- 396
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 198
- 891
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
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