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1089 Trick Worksheet

Maths tricks trick 7: The 1089 magic trick · Set 659 · 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.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
  2. 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
  3. 3.297 + 792 =
  4. 4.198 + 891 =
  5. 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
  6. 6.Take 450. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  7. 7.Take 520. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  8. 8.Do the 1089 trick with 720: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  9. 9.396 + 693 =
  10. 10.Do the 1089 trick with 542: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  11. 11.Do the 1089 trick with 800: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  12. 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
  13. 13.Do the 1089 trick with 597: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  14. 14.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  15. 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
  16. 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
  17. 17.Take 410. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  18. 18.594 + 495 =
  19. 19.Do the 1089 trick with 974: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  20. 20.Do the 1089 trick with 537: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  21. 21.Take 640. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  22. 22.495 + 594 =
  23. 23.Take 903. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  24. 24.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  25. 25.Do the 1089 trick with 640: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  26. 26.Do the 1089 trick with 830: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  27. 27.Take 710. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  28. 28.Take 994. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  29. 29.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  30. 30.Take 649. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  31. 31.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  32. 32.Do the 1089 trick with 701: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  33. 33.Do the 1089 trick with 622: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  34. 34.Do the 1089 trick with 601: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  35. 35.Do the 1089 trick with 327: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  36. 36.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
  37. 37.693 + 396 =
  38. 38.Take 279. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  39. 39.Take 530. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  40. 40.Do the 1089 trick with 743: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?

Answer key

  1. 396
  2. 198
  3. 1089
  4. 1089
  5. 495
  6. 396
  7. 495
  8. 1089
  9. 1089
  10. 1089
  11. 1089
  12. 792
  13. 1089
  14. 1089
  15. 693
  16. 297
  17. 396
  18. 1089
  19. 1089
  20. 1089
  21. 594
  22. 1089
  23. 594
  24. 891
  25. 1089
  26. 1089
  27. 693
  28. 495
  29. 1089
  30. 297
  31. 891
  32. 1089
  33. 1089
  34. 1089
  35. 1089
  36. 594
  37. 1089
  38. 693
  39. 495
  40. 1089

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