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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- 1.891 + 198 =
- 2.Take 427. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 411: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 608: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Take 921. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 774: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.495 + 594 =
- 8.Take 310. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Take 618. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 12.Take 436. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 760. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.693 + 396 =
- 15.Take 289. 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 2. What is that number?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 523: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.594 + 495 =
- 19.396 + 693 =
- 20.198 + 891 =
- 21.Take 923. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 660. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 399. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 629. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 315: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 27.Take 569. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 927. 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 6. What is that number?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 31.Take 830. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 995. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 34.Take 791. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 119: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 200. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 710: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 129: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 361. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 489. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 198
- 1089
- 495
- 198
- 693
- 1089
- 693
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 594
- 594
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 396
- 198
- 693
- 891
- 792
- 396
- 396
- 594
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 495
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