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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- 1.594 + 495 =
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 3.Take 795. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Take 248. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 870: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 399: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 188: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Take 358. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 698. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 610: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 936: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 822. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 305. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 993: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.396 + 693 =
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 19.Take 288. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.792 + 297 =
- 21.297 + 792 =
- 22.Take 136. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 184: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.495 + 594 =
- 27.891 + 198 =
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 711: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 579: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 906: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 983: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 530. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 740: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 641. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 204: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 953. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 490: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 512. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 702: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 791: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 198
- 198
- 594
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 198
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
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