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 792. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 279. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.693 + 396 =
- 5.Take 390. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. 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.Do the 1089 trick with 267: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 12.Take 701. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 931: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 15.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Take 559. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Take 789. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 19.Take 790. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 630: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 550: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.198 + 891 =
- 23.891 + 198 =
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 991: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 850: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 477: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 991. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.594 + 495 =
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 107. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.495 + 594 =
- 32.792 + 297 =
- 33.297 + 792 =
- 34.Take 600. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 36.Take 105. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 771. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.396 + 693 =
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 229: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 902: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 495
- 891
- 693
- 1089
- 297
- 891
- 693
- 495
- 891
- 1089
- 198
- 594
- 1089
- 297
- 792
- 396
- 198
- 594
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 396
- 396
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
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