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.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 2.Take 921. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 830. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.495 + 594 =
- 5.Take 916. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 125: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 961: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 623. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Take 781. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 659: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.891 + 198 =
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 194: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 114: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 15.792 + 297 =
- 16.198 + 891 =
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 750: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 780: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 21.Take 985. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 451. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Take 135. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.297 + 792 =
- 26.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Take 905. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 205. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 840. 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 5. What is that number?
- 31.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 199: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 114. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 533: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 870: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 680. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 922. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 832. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 946. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 883. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 297
- 792
- 792
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 693
- 396
- 297
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 891
- 396
- 297
- 792
- 594
- 495
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 693
- 594
- 297
- 495
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