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 4. What is that number?
- 2.Take 802. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.198 + 891 =
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 5.Take 540. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 730: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 614: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 500: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Take 921. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.297 + 792 =
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 982: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 220: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.495 + 594 =
- 16.Take 521. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Take 850. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 630: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Take 294. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 932: 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 5. What is that number?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 597: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 942. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 943: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 632. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 680: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.396 + 693 =
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 430: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 237: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.693 + 396 =
- 31.891 + 198 =
- 32.792 + 297 =
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 417: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 811: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 775: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 37.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 38.594 + 495 =
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 620: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 884: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 495
- 594
- 1089
- 693
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
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