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 7. What is that number?
- 2.792 + 297 =
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 601: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 784: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 662: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.693 + 396 =
- 9.Take 745. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. 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.Take 309. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 228: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Take 662. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 983: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.594 + 495 =
- 17.495 + 594 =
- 18.Take 408. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 176. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.198 + 891 =
- 22.Take 759. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 470. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 622. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 831. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 963: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 671: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Take 953. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 762. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 990. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 892. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 129. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.297 + 792 =
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 319: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 377. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 37.Take 917. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 850: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 933. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 198
- 594
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 495
- 891
- 1089
- 198
- 396
- 396
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 495
- 891
- 594
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 891
- 198
- 1089
- 792
- 594
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