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 330. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 885: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Take 705. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Take 470. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 458. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 10.Take 257. 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 6. What is that number?
- 12.Take 781. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.693 + 396 =
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 370: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Take 733. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 480: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 379. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 620. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 430: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Take 914. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.198 + 891 =
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 139: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.594 + 495 =
- 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 29.792 + 297 =
- 30.Take 590. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 601. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 245. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 870. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 350: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 670: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 692. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 104: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.495 + 594 =
- 40.Take 805. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 297
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 396
- 396
- 792
- 396
- 495
- 693
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 594
- 594
- 1089
- 495
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 495
- 495
- 297
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 297
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