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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- 1.495 + 594 =
- 2.Take 361. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 452: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.594 + 495 =
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 6.792 + 297 =
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 9.Take 592. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 107: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 169: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.198 + 891 =
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 860: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.396 + 693 =
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 246: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Take 350. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 330: 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 812. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Take 987. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 604: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 891: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 654. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 239: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 962. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 981: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.891 + 198 =
- 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 843: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Take 114. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 760: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 580: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 35.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 380: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 451. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 679. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 700. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 872. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 792
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 396
- 594
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 495
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 891
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 693
- 594
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