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.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.594 + 495 =
- 3.Take 690. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 5.Take 990. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.396 + 693 =
- 7.Take 588. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Take 674. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 854: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 497: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.297 + 792 =
- 12.198 + 891 =
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 610: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.693 + 396 =
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 16.495 + 594 =
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 732: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 249: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 20.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 850. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 452: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 732. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 390: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.891 + 198 =
- 28.Take 991. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 420. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 750. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 125: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 600: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 143: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 826. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 501: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 397. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 420: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 891
- 1089
- 594
- 693
- 891
- 1089
- 297
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 891
- 891
- 891
- 792
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 396
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 594
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
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