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 8. What is that number?
- 2.Take 950. 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 184. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 6.Take 388. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 719: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Take 542. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 310. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Take 650. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Take 229. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 915: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 573: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Take 664. 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 4. What is that number?
- 17.297 + 792 =
- 18.792 + 297 =
- 19.Take 795. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Take 428. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 870: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 824: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.198 + 891 =
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 881: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 700: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.594 + 495 =
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 109: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. 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.Do the 1089 trick with 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 219. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 146: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 570: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 541. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 604: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 831. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 38.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 371: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.396 + 693 =
Answer key
- 891
- 891
- 396
- 297
- 594
- 495
- 198
- 1089
- 297
- 297
- 594
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 693
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 693
- 693
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
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