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.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 2.495 + 594 =
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 720: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 358: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Take 198. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 209. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.891 + 198 =
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 549: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 651: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.198 + 891 =
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 623: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 491: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.297 + 792 =
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 17.Take 663. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 274. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 198: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Take 714. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 620: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Take 599. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 387. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 553: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Take 107. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 30.Take 401. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 663: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 558: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 880: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.693 + 396 =
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. 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.Do the 1089 trick with 153: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 915. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 693
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 198
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 693
- 1089
- 396
- 396
- 594
- 1089
- 594
- 396
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 891
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