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.Take 923. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 785. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 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 891: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 870: 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 1. What is that number?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 9.891 + 198 =
- 10.Take 330. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.396 + 693 =
- 12.Take 715. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Take 389. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 642. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.297 + 792 =
- 17.198 + 891 =
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 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 158: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 724: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Take 336. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 759: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.594 + 495 =
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 800: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.693 + 396 =
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 760: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Take 993. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 720: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 177. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 155. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 583: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 722: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 730. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 781. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.495 + 594 =
Answer key
- 1089
- 594
- 198
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 792
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 792
- 594
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 594
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 594
- 1089
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