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
- 1.594 + 495 =
- 2.396 + 693 =
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 670: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Take 725. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 538: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 750: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Take 198. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 619: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Take 155. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 610: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 790. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.891 + 198 =
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 450: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 234. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.495 + 594 =
- 19.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 779: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 289: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 502. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.792 + 297 =
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 28.Take 791. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 739: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 630: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 841: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 629. 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 6. What is that number?
- 34.Take 730. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 710. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.297 + 792 =
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 166: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 396
- 891
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 891
- 396
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 495
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 693
- 693
- 891
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
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