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1089 Trick Worksheet

Maths tricks trick 7: The 1089 magic trick · Set 647 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Do the 1089 trick with 366: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  2. 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
  3. 3.Do the 1089 trick with 390: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  4. 4.Do the 1089 trick with 765: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  5. 5.Do the 1089 trick with 388: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  6. 6.Take 340. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  7. 7.Take 720. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  8. 8.Do the 1089 trick with 319: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  9. 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
  10. 10.Do the 1089 trick with 992: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  11. 11.Do the 1089 trick with 326: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  12. 12.297 + 792 =
  13. 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
  14. 14.594 + 495 =
  15. 15.Do the 1089 trick with 612: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  16. 16.Do the 1089 trick with 137: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  17. 17.891 + 198 =
  18. 18.Do the 1089 trick with 760: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  19. 19.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  20. 20.396 + 693 =
  21. 21.Take 770. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  22. 22.198 + 891 =
  23. 23.693 + 396 =
  24. 24.Take 195. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  25. 25.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  26. 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
  27. 27.Take 782. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  28. 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
  29. 29.Do the 1089 trick with 602: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  30. 30.Do the 1089 trick with 208: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  31. 31.Do the 1089 trick with 872: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  32. 32.Take 862. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  33. 33.Take 799. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  34. 34.Do the 1089 trick with 967: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  35. 35.792 + 297 =
  36. 36.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
  37. 37.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  38. 38.Take 153. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  39. 39.495 + 594 =
  40. 40.Take 730. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?

Answer key

  1. 1089
  2. 594
  3. 1089
  4. 1089
  5. 1089
  6. 297
  7. 693
  8. 1089
  9. 297
  10. 1089
  11. 1089
  12. 1089
  13. 891
  14. 1089
  15. 1089
  16. 1089
  17. 1089
  18. 1089
  19. 1089
  20. 1089
  21. 693
  22. 1089
  23. 1089
  24. 396
  25. 891
  26. 693
  27. 495
  28. 396
  29. 1089
  30. 1089
  31. 1089
  32. 594
  33. 198
  34. 1089
  35. 1089
  36. 198
  37. 1089
  38. 198
  39. 1089
  40. 693

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