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1089 Trick Worksheet

Maths tricks trick 7: The 1089 magic trick · Set 814 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Take 710. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  2. 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
  3. 3.297 + 792 =
  4. 4.Take 361. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  5. 5.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  6. 6.Take 640. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  7. 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
  8. 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
  9. 9.Take 600. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  10. 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
  11. 11.Take 975. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  12. 12.Take 417. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  13. 13.Take 830. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  14. 14.Take 174. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  15. 15.198 + 891 =
  16. 16.396 + 693 =
  17. 17.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  18. 18.594 + 495 =
  19. 19.891 + 198 =
  20. 20.Take 932. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  21. 21.Do the 1089 trick with 922: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  22. 22.693 + 396 =
  23. 23.Take 771. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  24. 24.Do the 1089 trick with 952: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  25. 25.Take 198. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  26. 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
  27. 27.Do the 1089 trick with 349: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  28. 28.Do the 1089 trick with 984: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  29. 29.Take 318. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  30. 30.Do the 1089 trick with 125: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  31. 31.Do the 1089 trick with 620: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  32. 32.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
  33. 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
  34. 34.Do the 1089 trick with 300: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  35. 35.Take 750. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  36. 36.Do the 1089 trick with 279: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  37. 37.Do the 1089 trick with 670: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  38. 38.Take 185. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  39. 39.Do the 1089 trick with 611: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  40. 40.Take 650. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?

Answer key

  1. 693
  2. 495
  3. 1089
  4. 198
  5. 1089
  6. 594
  7. 594
  8. 693
  9. 594
  10. 396
  11. 396
  12. 297
  13. 792
  14. 297
  15. 1089
  16. 1089
  17. 1089
  18. 1089
  19. 1089
  20. 693
  21. 1089
  22. 1089
  23. 594
  24. 1089
  25. 693
  26. 198
  27. 1089
  28. 1089
  29. 495
  30. 1089
  31. 1089
  32. 297
  33. 891
  34. 1089
  35. 693
  36. 1089
  37. 1089
  38. 396
  39. 1089
  40. 594

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