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 6. What is that number?
- 2.Take 789. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 4.Take 672. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Take 449. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 288: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Take 628. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Take 402. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 299: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.891 + 198 =
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.297 + 792 =
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 816: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 800: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Take 674. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 932: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Take 700. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Take 376. 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 940: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.396 + 693 =
- 24.Take 795. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 396. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 762: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 782: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 803: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 492: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 941. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 632: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 991. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 678. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 893. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 129: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.693 + 396 =
Answer key
- 693
- 198
- 495
- 396
- 495
- 1089
- 198
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 891
- 1089
- 693
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 792
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
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