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 803. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 510. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 724: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Take 852. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.693 + 396 =
- 6.Take 270. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 410: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 260. 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 2. What is that number?
- 10.Take 730. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Take 136. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Take 941. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.396 + 693 =
- 14.Take 933. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 116. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Take 492. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 19.Take 801. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 613: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 871: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.495 + 594 =
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 560: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 769: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 126. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Take 784. 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 7. What is that number?
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 31.594 + 495 =
- 32.297 + 792 =
- 33.Take 440. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 169: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 441. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 466: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 642: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 794: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 681: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 991. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 495
- 495
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 297
- 693
- 495
- 792
- 1089
- 594
- 495
- 198
- 693
- 396
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 297
- 792
- 594
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
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