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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.891 + 198 =
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 782: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.792 + 297 =
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Take 830. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 267: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 8.198 + 891 =
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 380: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 601: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Take 376. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 279. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 608: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Take 903. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 471: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 164: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Take 557. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.693 + 396 =
- 22.Take 724. 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 2. What is that number?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 174: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 288. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 725. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 764: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Take 870. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 522. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 522: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 335. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 309: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 733: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.396 + 693 =
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 917: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 822: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 944. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 116. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 220. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 297
- 693
- 1089
- 891
- 594
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 198
- 792
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 495
- 198
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