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.Do the 1089 trick with 925: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 714: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 6.Take 781. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 895: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 640. 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 2. What is that number?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 792: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Take 891. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 944. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.891 + 198 =
- 15.Take 397. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Take 230. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 715: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Take 300. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 184: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.693 + 396 =
- 21.Take 860. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 783. 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 3. What is that number?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 893: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 114: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 621: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 28.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.792 + 297 =
- 31.396 + 693 =
- 32.Take 740. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 34.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 872: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 830. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 741. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 175. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 240. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 903. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 792
- 495
- 594
- 1089
- 594
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 495
- 1089
- 396
- 198
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 396
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 891
- 891
- 1089
- 792
- 594
- 396
- 198
- 594
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