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 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 3.Take 710. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 812: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Take 820. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 496: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 8.Take 420. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.792 + 297 =
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 347: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.693 + 396 =
- 12.Take 449. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 315: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 890: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 974: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 527: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 690: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.396 + 693 =
- 22.Take 458. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 207: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 946: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 109: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 620. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.495 + 594 =
- 29.Take 913. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 734: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 832: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 750: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.891 + 198 =
- 34.198 + 891 =
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 793: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 740: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 509. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 962. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 153. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 137. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 891
- 594
- 693
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 693
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 693
- 198
- 594
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