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.Do the 1089 trick with 590: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 618: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 800: 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 6. What is that number?
- 6.297 + 792 =
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 436: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 510: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 851: 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 7. What is that number?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 14.Take 239. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.891 + 198 =
- 17.198 + 891 =
- 18.Take 752. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 964: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 542: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 975: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Take 522. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 200. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 502: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 830: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Take 824. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 197. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 529: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 460: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.594 + 495 =
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 714: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 129. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 630. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.792 + 297 =
- 38.Take 370. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 527: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.693 + 396 =
Answer key
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 792
- 198
- 693
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 297
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 594
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
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