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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- 1.198 + 891 =
- 2.891 + 198 =
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 289: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.693 + 396 =
- 5.297 + 792 =
- 6.Take 533. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 934. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Take 901. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Take 138. 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 6. What is that number?
- 11.Take 355. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 159: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.792 + 297 =
- 14.Take 860. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 801. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 823: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 18.Take 760. 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 8. What is that number?
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 21.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 491: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 659: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 570: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 347: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 29.Take 265. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 306: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 540: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 800. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 907: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 914. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 610: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 642. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 980: 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 2. What is that number?
- 39.396 + 693 =
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 725: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 495
- 792
- 693
- 693
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 693
- 1089
- 396
- 693
- 891
- 198
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
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