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.Take 730. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 820: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.891 + 198 =
- 4.Take 331. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 700: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Take 900. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 980: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 11.693 + 396 =
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 13.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Take 264. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.297 + 792 =
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 880: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 148. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.396 + 693 =
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 941: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Take 850. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 861: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.594 + 495 =
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 966: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 812: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 843: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.198 + 891 =
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 550: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 820. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 789: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 670: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 309. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 410: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.792 + 297 =
- 36.Take 640. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 700. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 270. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 741. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 792
- 891
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 693
- 198
- 594
- 891
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