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 530: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Take 904. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 570. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 529: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Take 634. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 9.198 + 891 =
- 10.Take 773. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.693 + 396 =
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 806: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 14.396 + 693 =
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 469: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 700: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 850: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 633: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.297 + 792 =
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 821: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Take 931. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 993. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 820. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 25.Take 750. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.891 + 198 =
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 255: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Take 917. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 145. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.792 + 297 =
- 32.Take 960. 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 7. What is that number?
- 34.Take 489. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 720. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 922. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 189. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.495 + 594 =
- 40.Take 951. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 495
- 495
- 1089
- 198
- 495
- 396
- 594
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 594
- 792
- 693
- 693
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 396
- 1089
- 891
- 792
- 495
- 693
- 693
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 792
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