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.Do the 1089 trick with 650: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Take 640. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 4.Take 800. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Take 399. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 7.297 + 792 =
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 106: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.198 + 891 =
- 10.693 + 396 =
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 880: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.891 + 198 =
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 14.Take 881. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 926. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 930: 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?
- 18.495 + 594 =
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 661: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Take 911. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Take 602. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 660. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Take 298. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 458. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 781: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 27.594 + 495 =
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 851: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 284: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Take 580. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 794. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 209. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 620: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 941: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 820. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 850: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 880. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 458: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 821: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 594
- 396
- 792
- 594
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 693
- 297
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 396
- 594
- 594
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 297
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
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