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 500: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 3.Take 974. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.396 + 693 =
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 850: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 745. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 11.297 + 792 =
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 719: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Take 700. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.495 + 594 =
- 15.Take 630. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 912: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 934: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 204: 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 5. What is that number?
- 20.693 + 396 =
- 21.Take 205. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.594 + 495 =
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 24.Take 990. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.792 + 297 =
- 26.Take 752. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 823. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 511. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 419. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 310: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 622: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 563. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 932. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 380: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 309: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 830. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 438: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 693
- 495
- 1089
- 792
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 891
- 891
- 1089
- 495
- 891
- 495
- 396
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 693
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 891
- 792
- 1089
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