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.Take 710. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 3.594 + 495 =
- 4.Take 440. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 289: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Take 470. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 740. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.792 + 297 =
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 551: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Take 800. 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 1. What is that number?
- 12.Take 672. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 14.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 17.891 + 198 =
- 18.Take 412. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 825: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Take 896. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 297: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 23.Take 866. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 158. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 925. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 350. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Take 653. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 30.Take 976. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.198 + 891 =
- 32.Take 983. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 558: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 375: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 750. 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 4. What is that number?
- 37.Take 429. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 320. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 509: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 693
- 891
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 396
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 198
- 396
- 594
- 891
- 396
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 693
- 198
- 693
- 396
- 297
- 297
- 891
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 495
- 495
- 891
- 297
- 1089
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