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 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Take 895. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 761. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Take 960. 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 6. What is that number?
- 6.Take 780. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 920. 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 3. What is that number?
- 9.Take 779. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 763. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 942: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.495 + 594 =
- 13.Take 660. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Take 855. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.693 + 396 =
- 16.396 + 693 =
- 17.Take 850. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.792 + 297 =
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 853: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.297 + 792 =
- 21.Take 467. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 603: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 902: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Take 673. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 500: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 27.594 + 495 =
- 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 29.891 + 198 =
- 30.Take 886. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 570. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 118. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 660: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 489. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 218: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 651. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 670: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 891
- 693
- 693
- 891
- 396
- 198
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 891
- 495
- 693
- 1089
- 495
- 297
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
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