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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- 1.396 + 693 =
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 942: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 5.891 + 198 =
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 8.594 + 495 =
- 9.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.792 + 297 =
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 870: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Take 267. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 174: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 205. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 600. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.693 + 396 =
- 17.297 + 792 =
- 18.Take 417. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 720. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 437: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 22.Take 941. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 885: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 410: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 811: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 178. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 167. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 138: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 912. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 560. 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 6. What is that number?
- 33.Take 977. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 118. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 613: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 942. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.198 + 891 =
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 940: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 492: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 864: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 792
- 891
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 693
- 1089
- 495
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 693
- 594
- 1089
- 693
- 495
- 693
- 198
- 693
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
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