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.Take 885. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 240: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Take 266. 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 4. What is that number?
- 6.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 800: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.891 + 198 =
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 10.198 + 891 =
- 11.Take 490. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.396 + 693 =
- 13.Take 410. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 15.Take 861. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Take 880. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 975: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.495 + 594 =
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 946: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Take 339. 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.Do the 1089 trick with 971: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 956. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 309. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 116: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 844. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 127: 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 209. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 674. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 32.Take 712. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 902. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 360. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 984: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 548. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 581. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 671. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 268: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 880: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 198
- 297
- 1089
- 396
- 495
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 396
- 396
- 693
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 297
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 693
- 693
- 198
- 792
- 495
- 693
- 297
- 1089
- 297
- 396
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
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