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 722. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 529. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 4.Take 421. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Take 259. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 9.198 + 891 =
- 10.594 + 495 =
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 760: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.792 + 297 =
- 13.Take 501. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 870: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Take 935. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 650: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.495 + 594 =
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 330: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 860: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Take 335. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.396 + 693 =
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 410: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Take 179. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 449. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 601. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Take 416. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 426. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 305. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 31.Take 980. 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 5. What is that number?
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 411: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 784: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 296: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 446. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 365: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 249. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 734. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 495
- 396
- 198
- 297
- 693
- 396
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 495
- 495
- 198
- 198
- 198
- 891
- 891
- 594
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 693
- 297
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