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?
- 2.297 + 792 =
- 3.792 + 297 =
- 4.Take 299. 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 830: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 8.Take 225. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 723: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 743: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 123: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.198 + 891 =
- 15.Take 389. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 780: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.495 + 594 =
- 18.Take 563. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 335. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 114: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 23.Take 137. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 890: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 267. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 570: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 845. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 963. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 669. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 903. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.891 + 198 =
- 33.Take 570. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 973: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 129. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 39.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 641: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 594
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 297
- 891
- 594
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 891
- 792
- 198
- 1089
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