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 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 136. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 367: 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 6. What is that number?
- 5.396 + 693 =
- 6.Take 320. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.495 + 594 =
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 480: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 883: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.594 + 495 =
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 789: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 306. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 650: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 497: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 690: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 700: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.891 + 198 =
- 21.297 + 792 =
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 288: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 966: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Take 290. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 319: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 410. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 630. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 820. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 458. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 145: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 830. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 37.693 + 396 =
- 38.Take 761. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 803. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 649. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 891
- 495
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 396
- 396
- 594
- 1089
- 594
- 792
- 396
- 1089
- 891
- 792
- 198
- 1089
- 594
- 495
- 297
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