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 3. What is that number?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 800: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 911: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Take 220. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 670: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Take 118. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 198. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.495 + 594 =
- 14.Take 923. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 209: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Take 941. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Take 587. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 187. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.297 + 792 =
- 20.693 + 396 =
- 21.Take 370. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.792 + 297 =
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 144: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.594 + 495 =
- 25.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 682: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 402. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 744: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 735: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 520: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Take 209. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 216. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 860: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 508. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 520. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 780: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 651. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 710: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
Answer key
- 396
- 1089
- 594
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 495
- 1089
- 693
- 693
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 792
- 198
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 396
- 1089
- 297
- 495
- 891
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 792
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