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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.792 + 297 =
- 2.Take 439. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 931: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 752: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 219: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 310: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 503: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 750: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 623: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Take 104. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 14.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 15.693 + 396 =
- 16.594 + 495 =
- 17.495 + 594 =
- 18.396 + 693 =
- 19.198 + 891 =
- 20.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Take 387. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 977: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 792. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 25.Take 275. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 27.Take 750. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 29.Take 159. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 528. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 743. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.891 + 198 =
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 854: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 690: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 763: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 348. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 850. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 311. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 891
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 396
- 1089
- 495
- 495
- 297
- 396
- 693
- 594
- 792
- 297
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 495
- 792
- 198
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