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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- 1.198 + 891 =
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 673: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.396 + 693 =
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 632: 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 3. What is that number?
- 8.Take 279. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 975: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Take 234. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Take 269. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 13.Take 620. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Take 803. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 200. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 993: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.792 + 297 =
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 963: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 602. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 290: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 670. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 843: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.594 + 495 =
- 29.Take 108. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 760: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 33.Take 466. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 990. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 813: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.891 + 198 =
- 37.693 + 396 =
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 257: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 175. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 297
- 1089
- 396
- 693
- 1089
- 198
- 693
- 198
- 594
- 495
- 198
- 594
- 1089
- 891
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 396
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 198
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
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