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.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 2.297 + 792 =
- 3.Take 760. 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 3. What is that number?
- 6.198 + 891 =
- 7.Take 926. 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 2. What is that number?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 470: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Take 410. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 730: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Take 176. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 940: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.891 + 198 =
- 18.Take 560. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 295: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 22.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 218: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 430. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 912: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 543. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 820: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Take 943. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 870: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Take 638. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 964. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 610: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 418: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 527. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 199: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 644: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 459. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 386. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 198
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 297
- 792
- 1089
- 396
- 891
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 693
- 891
- 891
- 891
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 198
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 297
- 1089
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