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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.693 + 396 =
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 3.594 + 495 =
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 5.Take 508. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 502: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 603. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 277: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Take 833. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Take 195. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Take 164. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 135: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 286. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 944. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 932: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 749: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Take 751. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 351: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.396 + 693 =
- 22.Take 951. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.198 + 891 =
- 24.Take 385. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.297 + 792 =
- 26.792 + 297 =
- 27.Take 236. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 841: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 985: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 34.Take 994. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 650. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 319. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.891 + 198 =
- 38.Take 805. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 952: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 955. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 495
- 396
- 297
- 1089
- 396
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 693
- 495
- 594
- 594
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 396
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