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.Take 268. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 987. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 4.Take 107. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 8.Take 713. 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 6. What is that number?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 654: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 13.Take 964. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 954: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 375: 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 4. What is that number?
- 17.297 + 792 =
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.495 + 594 =
- 20.Take 119. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Take 125. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 815: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 280. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 114. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 995. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 500: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 760: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Take 670. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 864. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 850. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 612. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 34.198 + 891 =
- 35.Take 466. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 593. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 952. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 442: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 994: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.396 + 693 =
Answer key
- 594
- 198
- 396
- 594
- 891
- 792
- 594
- 396
- 693
- 1089
- 792
- 891
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 297
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 396
- 792
- 396
- 198
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 198
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
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