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 630: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.297 + 792 =
- 3.891 + 198 =
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 5.Take 400. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 719: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 11.Take 629. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Take 880. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 460. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.693 + 396 =
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Take 924. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 18.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 781. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 249: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 391: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.594 + 495 =
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 491: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.198 + 891 =
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 957. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 380: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 328: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Take 193. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 860. 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 2. What is that number?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 290: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 308. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 774: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 387. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 578. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 820. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.792 + 297 =
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 113. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 891
- 495
- 396
- 297
- 792
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 594
- 891
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 792
- 297
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 396
- 297
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
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