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.Take 236. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 957. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.792 + 297 =
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 952: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Take 260. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.693 + 396 =
- 7.198 + 891 =
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 478: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 10.396 + 693 =
- 11.Take 780. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Take 385. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 361: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 401: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 356: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 18.Take 693. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 720: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 844: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 643: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 194: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 26.Take 701. 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 1. What is that number?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 795: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 911: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 811: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 189: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 321. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 502. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 963: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 532: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.297 + 792 =
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 841: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 880: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 139. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 401. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 396
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 693
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 891
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 594
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 297
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