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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.792 + 297 =
- 2.396 + 693 =
- 3.Take 569. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.594 + 495 =
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 907: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 270: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 981. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 679: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 12.Take 611. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.297 + 792 =
- 14.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 15.891 + 198 =
- 16.Take 735. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 860: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 328: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Take 470. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.495 + 594 =
- 21.Take 360. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 722. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 135. 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.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 26.Take 801. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 452: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 739: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 944: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 700: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 33.Take 278. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 330: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 598: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 562: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 955. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 653. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 654. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 495
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 297
- 495
- 396
- 297
- 198
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 891
- 594
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 297
- 198
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