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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- 1.297 + 792 =
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 3.198 + 891 =
- 4.Take 800. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 503: 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 5. What is that number?
- 7.Take 189. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 9.Take 430. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 11.Take 953. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Take 733. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 803: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 430: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 127: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 770: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 230: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 864: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Take 992. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 451: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Take 841. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.693 + 396 =
- 23.Take 119. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 750: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.792 + 297 =
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 990. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Take 781. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 833. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 530. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.594 + 495 =
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 600: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 573: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 957: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 593: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 359: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 745. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 742: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 381. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 594
- 792
- 297
- 396
- 198
- 594
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 594
- 495
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 198
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