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 5. What is that number?
- 2.396 + 693 =
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 630: 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 6. What is that number?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 760: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Take 650. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.792 + 297 =
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. 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.Take 470. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Take 954. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 210: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 902: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.594 + 495 =
- 16.198 + 891 =
- 17.Take 694. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 579. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 21.Take 511. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 870. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.495 + 594 =
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 138: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 730. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 722. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 29.Take 126. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 628: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 328: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.891 + 198 =
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 199: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 270: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 802: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 739. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 297. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 420: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 297
- 891
- 792
- 396
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 396
- 891
- 495
- 396
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 495
- 1089
- 396
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
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