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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.396 + 693 =
- 2.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.198 + 891 =
- 4.Take 143. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 673: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 7.792 + 297 =
- 8.Take 195. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Take 874. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 974: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Take 913. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.495 + 594 =
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 14.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 186. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Take 551. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Take 510. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 743. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 917: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 21.Take 930. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 24.Take 629. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 146. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.594 + 495 =
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 894: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 770: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 883: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 387. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 764: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 890: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 229: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 36.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 37.891 + 198 =
- 38.Take 258. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 923: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 782. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 396
- 396
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 396
- 891
- 495
- 396
- 495
- 396
- 1089
- 495
- 891
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 891
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 495
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