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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- 1.891 + 198 =
- 2.693 + 396 =
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Take 830. 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 3. What is that number?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 694: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Take 490. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 634: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.Take 963. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 917: 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 7. What is that number?
- 13.Take 654. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.396 + 693 =
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 397: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 800. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.495 + 594 =
- 19.Take 886. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 780: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.792 + 297 =
- 22.Take 388. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 300: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 624: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 260. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 350: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 28.594 + 495 =
- 29.198 + 891 =
- 30.Take 795. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 341: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 710. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 360. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 853. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 255. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 922. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 650: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 572: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 159: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 396
- 1089
- 891
- 396
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 792
- 198
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 693
- 297
- 495
- 297
- 693
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
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