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 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.297 + 792 =
- 3.Take 178. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 441: 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 4. What is that number?
- 6.Take 591. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 961. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 9.Take 663. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 642: 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 2. What is that number?
- 13.792 + 297 =
- 14.198 + 891 =
- 15.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 19.Take 397. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Take 792. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Take 214. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 189: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 549. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 931. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 270. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 481: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 730. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 880: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 144. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 734: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 830. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 739. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 600: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 741. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 891
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 495
- 396
- 792
- 792
- 297
- 891
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 594
- 891
- 693
- 396
- 495
- 198
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 792
- 198
- 198
- 1089
- 891
- 693
- 1089
- 891
- 297
- 1089
- 792
- 198
- 1089
- 594
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