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 700. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 820. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 593. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.693 + 396 =
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 391: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.198 + 891 =
- 7.Take 520. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Take 981. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.495 + 594 =
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 597: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Take 971. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 954: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 14.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 719: 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 1. What is that number?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 18.Take 235. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 20.Take 135. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.594 + 495 =
- 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 23.Take 148. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 104: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 822: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 562: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 614: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Take 480. 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 885. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 247: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 921. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 286: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 108: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 658: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 790: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.396 + 693 =
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 997: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.792 + 297 =
Answer key
- 693
- 792
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 495
- 297
- 891
- 396
- 1089
- 594
- 693
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 891
- 297
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
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