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.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.396 + 693 =
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 659: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Take 196. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Take 755. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 601. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 9.693 + 396 =
- 10.Take 981. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.297 + 792 =
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 880: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Take 915. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 623: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 19.Take 795. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 823: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 572. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.198 + 891 =
- 25.Take 740. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 385: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 461: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Take 174. 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 1. What is that number?
- 31.891 + 198 =
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 724. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 35.Take 976. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 280: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 632. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 418: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 982: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 495
- 198
- 495
- 891
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 693
- 198
- 891
- 396
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 297
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 792
- 297
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
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