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 377. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.495 + 594 =
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Take 340. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.396 + 693 =
- 6.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.297 + 792 =
- 8.Take 215. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 200: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Take 577. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 750: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. 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.Take 893. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 800: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Take 378. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 307: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Take 301. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.891 + 198 =
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 803: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Take 942. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 24.Take 935. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 278. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 860: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 539. 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 6. What is that number?
- 29.792 + 297 =
- 30.Take 119. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 114. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 993: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 227. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 36.693 + 396 =
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 830: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 550. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 297
- 495
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 891
- 495
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 693
- 198
- 396
- 594
- 1089
- 396
- 693
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 891
- 1089
- 495
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 495
- 891
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