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 762: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 127: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Take 194. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 931: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Take 913. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 991: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 224: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 845: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 540: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Take 730. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 338: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 573. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.792 + 297 =
- 16.495 + 594 =
- 17.594 + 495 =
- 18.Take 683. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 149: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.891 + 198 =
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 650: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 771: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 25.396 + 693 =
- 26.Take 866. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Take 246. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 29.Take 375. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 991. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 441: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 480. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 547. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 852. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 138. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 561: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 653. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 249: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 570: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 297
- 693
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 396
- 198
- 198
- 792
- 1089
- 396
- 198
- 594
- 693
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
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