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.Do the 1089 trick with 770: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.594 + 495 =
- 4.Take 802. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 442: 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 2. What is that number?
- 7.Take 114. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 760: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 457: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Take 600. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 911: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 200: 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 4. What is that number?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 689: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.396 + 693 =
- 18.198 + 891 =
- 19.792 + 297 =
- 20.Take 406. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Take 220. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 703. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 890. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 209: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 711. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 127: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 320. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 448. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 136. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 981: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Take 764. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 298: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 713. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 893: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.297 + 792 =
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 376: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 359: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 612: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 594
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 198
- 396
- 792
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 297
- 396
- 495
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
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