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 106: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.198 + 891 =
- 3.396 + 693 =
- 4.Take 450. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 550: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.891 + 198 =
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 387: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 920. 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 3. What is that number?
- 10.Take 193. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 206: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Take 307. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 468: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 254. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 874. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 163: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 138. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 680. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 219: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 22.Take 870. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.297 + 792 =
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 25.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 26.Take 311. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.693 + 396 =
- 28.495 + 594 =
- 29.792 + 297 =
- 30.Take 991. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 713. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 831. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 123: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 230. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 933. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 620: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 218: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 609. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 396
- 198
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 396
- 1089
- 693
- 594
- 297
- 1089
- 693
- 792
- 1089
- 495
- 792
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 396
- 693
- 1089
- 198
- 594
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
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