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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- 1.891 + 198 =
- 2.Take 412. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 604: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 6.Take 245. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 558: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 9.495 + 594 =
- 10.198 + 891 =
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 792: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Take 552. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 659. 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 5. What is that number?
- 15.792 + 297 =
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 822: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 179: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Take 880. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 129. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 861: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Take 360. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 279: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 690. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 25.Take 572. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 310. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 513. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 338. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 600. 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 6. What is that number?
- 32.Take 734. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 520: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 760. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 811. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 388. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 602. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 965: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 903. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 264: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 297
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 792
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 297
- 198
- 495
- 594
- 693
- 297
- 1089
- 693
- 693
- 495
- 396
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
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