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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- 1.891 + 198 =
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 147: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Take 441. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.693 + 396 =
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 862: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Take 830. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.594 + 495 =
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 10.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.495 + 594 =
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 13.Take 794. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 543: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 469: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 19.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 892: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.396 + 693 =
- 22.Take 732. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 730: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 139. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 610. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Take 640. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 913. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.792 + 297 =
- 30.Take 850. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 351: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 549. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 410. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 649: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 600. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 490: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 870: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 713. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 991. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 914: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 891
- 891
- 1089
- 495
- 297
- 594
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 396
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 594
- 594
- 594
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 396
- 396
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 792
- 1089
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