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 335. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 962. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 279. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.891 + 198 =
- 5.Take 490. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Take 650. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 337: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 10.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 355: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 229: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 801: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.594 + 495 =
- 19.Take 592. 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.Take 360. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 582. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 630. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.396 + 693 =
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 996: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 843. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.792 + 297 =
- 28.Take 911. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 145. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 530. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 228: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 226. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 870: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 670. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 278. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 941. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 600: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 850: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 914: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 198
- 693
- 693
- 1089
- 396
- 594
- 297
- 1089
- 891
- 891
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 891
- 297
- 297
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 792
- 396
- 495
- 891
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 594
- 594
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
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