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 422: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Take 438. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.594 + 495 =
- 4.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 7.396 + 693 =
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 610: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.297 + 792 =
- 10.693 + 396 =
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 432: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Take 704. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 680: 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 4. What is that number?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 880: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 921. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 380. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 972. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.198 + 891 =
- 21.Take 476. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 441: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 298. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 178: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 781: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 940: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 755: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 29.Take 927. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.891 + 198 =
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 592: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 127. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 369: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 582. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 700. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 880. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 417. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 710. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 814: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 891
- 396
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 693
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 891
- 297
- 693
- 792
- 297
- 693
- 1089
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